Melkmeisje (Milkmaid)
painting of man enjoying a painting by Johannes Vermeer
G. Boersma
acrylic on masonite
±35 1/2" x 27 2/3" or 90 x 70 cm
2024
SOLD
On Vermeer's Milkmaid we are presented with a working environment featuring rough walls, roughly textured bread, bare wood, coarse baskets, and a maid with blunt features, rough hands and forearms.
But she is diligently focused on the task making an appetizing dish for the household. The only movement and sound being the flow of milk into the bowl.
It seems to be Vermeer's way of paying tribute to the virtues of temperance, purity and hard work. And to me that makes the painting radiate this quiet calm as I'm sure it does to my figure as well.
All the best, Gerard
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