The Concert

Johannes Vermeer1663–1666
The Concert by Johannes Vermeer. Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

About this painting

Three figures make music in a sunlit interior: a young woman at a harpsichord, a man seen from behind playing a lute, and a singer to the right beating time. A painting of The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen hangs on the back wall. Stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in March 1990, the painting is the most valuable unrecovered stolen artwork in the world.
Date
1663–1666
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.5 × 64.7 cm
Owner
Logo courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Motifs

The Concert by Johannes VermeerThe Music Lesson by Johannes VermeerThe Guitar Player by Johannes VermeerThe Glass of Wine by Johannes VermeerWoman with a Lute by Johannes VermeerA Lady Standing at a Virginal by Johannes Vermeer
Music10 works

Current location

Whereabouts unknown. Stolen from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, and not recovered.