Why it matters
A young woman sits at her music with a gentleman beside her in an upper-class room. The scene shows typical 17th-century courtship, in which music played an important role in love.
Did you know?
- It was probably painted in 1658–1659.
- A glass of wine stands untouched on the table.
- Vermeer used the same window in nine other paintings.
- It has been in the Frick Collection since 1901.
Based on the Wikipedia article Girl Interrupted at Her Music (CC BY-SA 4.0).
