The Lacemaker by Johannes Vermeer
Oil on canvas 24.5 cm × 21 cm (9.6 in × 8.3 in)
c. 1669–70, Louvre, Paris, France
"The achievement of Vermeer's maturity is complete. It is not open to extension: no universal style is discovered. We have never the sense of abundance that the characteristic jewels of his century gives us, the sense that the precious vein lies open, ready to be worked. There is only one 'Lacemaker': we cannot imagine another. It is a complete and single definition."
~ Lawrence Gowing
© Istvan Kadar Photography
