The Girl with a Wine Glass

Johannes Vermeer1659–1662
The Girl with a Wine Glass by Johannes Vermeer. Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

About this painting

A young woman in a vivid red satin dress smiles directly at the viewer as a young man presses a glass of wine on her, while a second man slumps brooding at the table. The portrait on the wall has been identified as a likely image of an ancestor, lending the merry encounter a watchful, moralizing presence.
Date
1659–1662
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
78 × 67 cm

Current location

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Germany