This is my favorite picture for many reasons. One is the stillness, another is the work ethic, the quiet content of daily mundane work.
“The Milkmaid,†an oil by Vermeer from the 17th century, is headed for an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Organized to honor the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage to New York from Amsterdam, the show, Sept. 10 through Nov. 29, will focus on old masters who, like Vermeer, were active in the period of exploration, trade and artistic flowering that occurred during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century.
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