Why it matters
A woman plays a virginal, with a viola da gamba in the foreground and, on the wall, a painting of The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen, which belonged to Vermeer's mother-in-law.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1670–1672.
- It and Lady Standing at a Virginal may have been created as pendants.
- A landscape is painted inside the lid of the virginal.
Based on the Wikipedia article Lady Seated at a Virginal (CC BY-SA 4.0).
