ID: 700009600 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009600	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Lacemaker (painting (visual work); Johannes ou Jan Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - Delft, 1675); vers 1669/1670; Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France); M.I. 1448;)

Note: Genre scene of a woman making lace. The book in the foreground is probably the Bible, setting the tone of morality infused with religion. The woman is not wearing work clothes, so she is a housewife not a manufactory worker. The colored cushion on the left is a sewing cushion.

Titles:

The Lacemaker (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

La Dentellière (C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Merlettaia (C,U,Italian,U,U)

De kantwerkster (C,U,Dutch-P,U,U)

织花边的少女 (C,U,Chinese-P,U,U)

レースを編む女 (C,U,Japanese-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: vers 1669/1670

Creator Display:

Johannes ou Jan Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - Delft, 1675) [preferred]

painter Vermeer, Johannes (Dutch painter, 1632-1675) [500032927]

Locations:

Current: Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500125189] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.I. 1448

Credit Line: Acquis à la vente Vis Blokhuyzen, Paris, 1870

Address Note: Richelieu wing; 2nd floor; Room 837

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: H. : 0,24 m. ; L. : 0,21 m.

General Subject:

genre (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	lace maker [300025358]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in crafts and trades>, <people in crafts and trades by material>, textile workers, <textile workers by product>) (AAT)

	bobbin lace [300132869]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, needlework (visual works), lace (needlework)) (AAT)

	lacemaking [300053651]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile construction processes and techniques>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription bottom left: IVMeer (IVM interwoven)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Lacemaker	........ [VP]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)
	........ Schneider, Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2000)
La Dentellière	........ [VP]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)
	........ Schneider, Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2000)
Merlettaia	........ [VP]
	........ Pescio, Vermeer (2014)
De kantwerkster	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
织花边的少女	........ [VP]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)
レースを編む女	........ [VP]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-) accessed 24 April 2019; https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/lacemaker

....................... Schneider, Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2000)

....................... Pescio, Vermeer (2014)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-) https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/lacemaker
	..... Schneider, Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2000)
	..... Pescio, Vermeer (2014)