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Kitchen maid carefully pouring milk from a jug, bathed in soft light from a window, surrounded by humble objects rendered with extraordinary attention to texture and light.
Significance
Vermeer's celebration of domestic labor and the dignity of ordinary life. His pointillé technique, using tiny dots of paint to suggest light on surfaces, was unprecedented.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.5 cm × 41 cm
Location
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands