Vermeer: Must-See Masterpiece
Wednesday, August 08, 2012 – Sunday, September 02, 2012
Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to experience
one of Johannes Vermeer’s 35 known works, on view for
four weeks only at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A work by Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the
Dutch Golden Age, has not been on view in Detroit for decades. Woman Holding a Balance is an intimate depiction of
domesticity that reveals Vermeer’s masterful use of light,
Woman Holding a Balance, Johannes Vermeer, 1664, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection 1942
one of Johannes Vermeer’s 35 known works, on view for
four weeks only at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A work by Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the
Dutch Golden Age, has not been on view in Detroit for decades. Woman Holding a Balance is an intimate depiction of
domesticity that reveals Vermeer’s masterful use of light,
proportion, and symbolism.