Category:A young woman seated at a virginal (London)

**A Young Woman seated at a Virginal**
	painting by Johannes Vermeer
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Instance of	painting;
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	genre art;
Location	National Gallery; Schloss Weißenstein;
Creator	Johannes Vermeer;
Owned by	Charles Sedelmeyer; Erwein Damian Hugo Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1865–1867); Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1867–1869); George Salting (–1909); Lothair Francis of Schönborn (1717–1729); Frederick Charles of Schönborn (1729–1746); Hugo Damian Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (–1817); Franz Erwein von Schonborn-Wiesentheid (1817–1840); Erwin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1840–1865);
Collection	National Gallery (1910–);
Inventory number	NG2568 (National Gallery);
Inception	c. 1670s (after 1670, before 1672);
Width	45.5 cm;
Height	51.5 cm;
Different from	A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals;
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A young woman seated at a virginal (London)

Johannes Vermeer: A Young Woman seated at a Virginal

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 MusicBrainz: 3a0fcc05-3037-4d26-8358-69138b8f00de WGA: v/vermeer Open Library: OL134473A GND: 118626590 SELIBR: 99582 SUDOC: 027336336 BNF: 11940023b BPN: 41717663 NDL: 00459685 BIBSYS: 90170004 NKC: jn20000701890 SBN: RAVV025546 BNE: XX914312 CiNii: DA00375717 NLP: a0000001813082 KulturNav: 38475684-4786-4ef6-bd3c-ab11b02b6a2f RKD: 80476 J9U: 987007269687705171 Koninklijke: 068676581 NLK: KAC201719233 WorldCat

Title

A young woman seated at a virginal.^[1]

Alternative title(s):

A Lady Seated at a Virginal.^[2]

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa 1670-1672

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

51.5 × 45.5 cm (20.2 × 17.9 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG2568

Object history

Provenance: 1714: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
(?)

by 1729: Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1655-1729), Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden

1867: purchased by Héophile Thoré-Bürger (1807-1869), Paris, at the sale of the collection of the count of Schönborn at an unknown auction house, Paris
1869: inherited by Paul Lacroix, Paris, from Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Paris
1884: inherited by the widow of Paul Lacroix
5 December 1892: purchased by Sedelmeyer, Paris, at the sale of the collection of Théophile Thoré-Bürger at an unknown auction house, Paris
1893: acquired by Lawrie & Co., London, from Sedelmeyer, Paris