Milkmaid

As a reminiscence of Normandy the Milkmaid is a companion piece to the Sower.

Jean Francois Millet Hurll, Estelle M 1900

Yes, he said, the Milkmaid was a good tune, but another name to it would have suited the subject better.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881

Vermeer's "Milkmaid" Coming To The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mark Mennin: Francis Bacon at the Met: A Postscript 2009

Once in the Vermeer room, a framed painting, "The Milkmaid," is displayed figure 3, along with its title, date, size and medium.

Jane Chafin: Art Authority: An Amazing iPad App for Art Lovers Jane Chafin 2011

Here I succumbed to the spell of Vermeer, buying a mid-17th-century tile that featured a Cupid similar to the winged figures that ornament the baseboard frieze in the artist's 1660-ish painting "The Milkmaid."

Delight in Blue and White Julie Lasky 2012

Meanwhile, a photo portrait of Alison Britton by Maisie Broadhead replicating Vermeer's The Milkmaid, brings the ceramicist's work together with 13th-century earthenware.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

Their moments of normal life, like Vermeer's The Milkmaid, are transported through the act of painting it from mundane to sublime.

Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011

Once in the Vermeer room, a framed painting, "The Milkmaid," is displayed figure 3, along with its title, date, size and medium.

Jane Chafin: Art Authority: An Amazing iPad App for Art Lovers Jane Chafin 2011

Their moments of normal life, like Vermeer's The Milkmaid, are transported through the act of painting it from mundane to sublime.

Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011

Their moments of normal life, like Vermeer's The Milkmaid, are transported through the act of painting it from mundane to sublime.

Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011