Woman Holding a Balance  1664

by Johannes Vermeer

Woman Holding a Balance is a superb example of Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite sense of stability and rhythm. A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim stands serenely at a table in a corner of a room. The scales in her right hand are at equilibrium, suggestive of her inner state of mind. A large painting of the Last Judgment, framed in black, hangs on the back wall of t...
Size: 
39.7 x 35.5 cm (15 5/8 x 14 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington

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