The Milkmaid
1660 — Rijksmuseum; Rijksmuseum; Pieter van Ruijven; Magdalena van Ruijven; Jan Six van Vromade; Jan Pieter Six VI; Hendrik Six van Hillegom; Lucretia Johanna van Winter; Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade · AmsterdamThe Milkmaid (Dutch: De melkmeid or Het melkmeisje), sometimes called The Kitchen Maid (Dutch: De keukenmeid), is an oil-on-canvas painting of a "milkmaid", in fact, a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which regards it as "unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions". The exact year of the painting's completion is unknown, with estimates varying by source. The Rijksmuseum estimates it as circa 1658. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, it was painted in about 1657 or 1658. The "Essential Vermeer" website gives a broader range of 1658–1661.
Subject
heating pad, coif, big chest, drapery, crock (dishware), platter, maid, baseboard, corsage, skirt, pumpernickel, tablecloth, apron, basket, pitcher, bucket, wall, mirror, window, table, milk, bread