Category:A Maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer

**A Girl Asleep**
	painting by Johannes Vermeer
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Instance of	painting (Painting);
Depicts	woman; door; sleep; table; ewer; chair; fruit; fruit bowl; interior; fruit; domestic worker;
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	genre art;
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Creator	Johannes Vermeer;
Owned by	Benjamin Altman; Rodolphe Kann; Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen; John Waterloo Wilson; Charles Sedelmeyer; Jacob Dissius; Nicolaus Hudtwalcker (–1863);
Maintained by	European Paintings;
Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art (1913–);
Inventory number	14.40.611 (Metropolitan Museum of Art);
Inception	1657;
Width	76.5 cm;
Height	87.6 cm;
Authority file
	Q684935; BabelNet ID: 02136614n; The Met object ID: 437878; Google Arts & Culture asset ID: lgE4W5zZd-8W7g
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A Maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer: A Girl Asleep

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 MusicBrainz: 3a0fcc05-3037-4d26-8358-69138b8f00de WGA: v/vermeer Open Library: OL134473A GND: 118626590 SELIBR: 99582 SUDOC: 027336336 BNF: 11940023b BPN: 41717663 NDL: 00459685 BIBSYS: 90170004 NKC: jn20000701890 SBN: RAVV025546 BNE: XX914312 CiNii: DA00375717 NLP: a0000001813082 KulturNav: 38475684-4786-4ef6-bd3c-ab11b02b6a2f RKD: 80476 J9U: 987007269687705171 Koninklijke: 068676581 NLK: KAC201719233 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

Het Slapende Meisje

A Girl Asleep

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

1657

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

= height: 87.6 cm (34.4 in); width: 76.5 cm (30.1 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery 632

Accession number

14.40.611

Object history

by 1674: Pieter van Ruijven (1624-1674), Delft (?)

1674: inherited by Maria de Knuijt (†1681), Delft (?)
1681: inherited by Magdalena van Ruijven (†1682), Delft (?)
1682: inherited by Jacob Dissius (†1695) (?)
16 May 1696: sale of the collection of Jacob Dissius at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

after 1873: acquired by John Waterloo Wilson, Paris
between 14 March 1881 and 16 March 1881: purchased by Sedelmeyer, Paris, at the sale of the collection of John Waterloo Wilson

1881: purchased by Rodolphe Kahn (†1905), Paris, from Sedelmeyer, Paris

from 1905 until 1907: the estate of Rodolphe Kahn

1907: purchased by Duveen, London, from the estate of Rodolphe Kahn
1908: purchased by Benjamin Altman (1840-1913), New York City, from Duveen, London

1913: bequeathed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, by Benjamin Altman, New York City

References

Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), 1993. ISBN 3-8228-9610-1. Distributed by Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 110002331

Other versions

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Media in category "A Maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer"

The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total.

A Maid Asleep MET DP355525.jpg 3,365 × 3,861; 2.72 MB
Vermeer young women sleeping.jpg 3,263 × 3,759; 8.64 MB
Johannes Vermeer - A Woman Asleep at Table - WGA24609.jpg 1,100 × 1,279; 197 KB
Johannes Vermeer - A woman asleep 1656-57.jpg 890 × 1,016; 802 KB
Vermeer - Girl Asleep.jpg 849 × 1,007; 462 KB
WLA metmuseum Vermeer A Maid Asleep.jpg 1,516 × 1,746; 1.05 MB
Johannes Vermeer, cameriera addormentata, 1656-57 ca. 01.JPG 2,442 × 2,706; 3.65 MB
A Maid Asleep - Painting of Vermeer, with frame.jpg 2,224 × 2,439; 3.35 MB
A Maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 2,319 × 2,717; 1.65 MB
A Maid Asleep MET SF X-radiograph.jpg 3,616 × 4,152; 5.83 MB
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), A Maid Asleep, c. 1656–1657.jpg 3,279 × 3,778; 8.39 MB
Johannes Vermeer - A Woman Asleep at Table (detail) - WGA24610.jpg 790 × 960; 145 KB
Johannes Vermeer - A Woman Asleep at Table (detail) - WGA24611.jpg 1,131 × 676; 151 KB
Johannes Vermeer - A Woman Asleep at Table (detail) - WGA24612.jpg 744 × 900; 164 KB
Johannes Vermeer - A Woman Asleep at Table (detail) - WGA24613.jpg 790 × 970; 126 KB
Johannes Vermeer, cameriera addormentata, 1656-57 ca. 02.JPG 3,036 × 2,736; 4.11 MB
Johannes Vermeer, cameriera addormentata, 1656-57 ca. 03.JPG 3,000 × 2,526; 3.54 MB