Johannes Vermeer (artist) Dutch, 1632 - 1675 Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664 oil on canvas stretcher size: 42.5 x 38 cm (16 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.) painted surface: 39.7 x 35.5 cm (15 5/8 x 14 in.) framed: 62.9 x 58.4 x 7.6 cm (24 3/4 x 23 x 3 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.97 On View |
Object 7 of 8
| 1866 | Thoré, Théophile E. J. (William Bürger). "Van der Meer de Delft." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 21 (October-December 1866): 297-330, 458-470, 542-575, no. 26/27. |
| 1888 | Havard, Henry. Van der Meer de Delft. Paris, 1888: 37, no. 30. |
| 1907 | Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 1(1907):586-587, no. 10. |
| 1910 | Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. "A Newly Discovered Picture by Vermeer of Delft." The Burlington Magazine 18 (December 1910): 133-134. |
| 1911 | Bode, Wilhelm von. "Jan Vermeer und Pieter de Hooch als Konkurrenten." Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen 32 (1911): 1-2, repro. |
| 1911 | Plietzsch, Eduard. Vermeer van Delft. Leipzig, 1911: 49-50, 98, 119, no. 35. |
| 1912 | Frimmel, Theodor von. "A Woman Weighing Pearls by Vermeer of Delft." The Burlington Magazine 22 (October 1912): 48-49. |
| 1913 | Hale, Philip L. Jan Vermeer of Delft. Boston, 1913: 238, no. 1, 265-267, 350-351, 369, 373, repro. |
| 1913 | Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold |
| 1919 | Bode, Wilhelm von. Die Meister der holländischen und vlämischen Malerschulen. 2nd ed. Leipzig, 1919: 86-89, repro. |
| 1921 | Vanzype, Gustave. Jan Vermeer de Delft. Brussels and Paris, 1921: 73, repro. |
| 1923 | Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1924 | Hausenstein, Wilhelm. Vermeer van Delft. Das Bild Atlanten zur Kunst, 10. Munich, 1924: fig. 17, 26, no. 17. |
| 1925 | Lloyd, David. "The Vermeers in America." International Studio 82 (November 1925): 123-128, repro. |
| 1929 | Lucas, Edward Verrall. Vermeer the Magical. London, 1929: 28-29, repro. |
| 1931 | Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 50, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1937 | Hale, Philip L. Vermeer. Boston and New York, 1937: 140-142, pl. 27. |
| 1938 | Rudolph, Herbert. "'Vanitas.' Die Bedeutung mittelalterlicher und humanistischer Bildinhalte in der niederländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts." In Festschrift für Wilhelm Pinder zum sechzigsten Geburtstage. Leipzig, 1938: 405-433, repro. no. 2. |
| 1939 | Plietzsch, Eduard. Vermeer van Delft. Munich, 1939: 31, 58, no. 9, repro. no. 36. (also 1948 English ed.). |
| 1939 | Vries, Ary Bob de. Jan Vermeer van Delft. Amsterdam, 1939: 46, 58, 76, 86-87, no. 23, repro. no. 48 (also English ed., rev. ed., London, New York, Toronto and Sydney, 1948: 39, 87-88, pl. 17). |
| 1940 | Goldscheider, Ludwig. The Paintings of Jan Vermeer. Oxford and New York, 1940: 13, pl. 33. |
| 1942 | Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 7, as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1944 | Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 104, color repro., as Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1946 | Blum, André. Vermeer et Thoré-Bürger. Geneva, 1946: 30, 42, 60, 135, 171-172, no. 27. |
| 1948 | Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 65, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1949 | Thienen, Frithjof van. Jan Vermeer of Delft. New York, 1949: 19, 23, no. 23, repro. |
| 1950 | Swillens, P. T. A. Johannes Vermeer: Painter of Delft, 1632-1675. Utrecht, 1950: 57-58, no. 20, 72, 78, 84, 86, 88, 105, 118, pl. 20. |
| 1952 | Gowing, Lawrence. Vermeer. London, 1952: 44, 53, 135-136, pls. 44-46 (also 2nd ed., New York, 1970). |
| 1952 | Malraux, André, ed. Vermeer de Delft. Paris, 1952: 16, repro., 62, no. xii, color repro. |
| 1954 | Bloch, Vitale. Tutta la Pittura di Vermeer di Delft. Milan, 1954: 21, 33, pl. 38-39 (also 1963 English ed., trans. Michael Kitson, All the Paintings of Jan Vermeer, New York, 1963: 20-21, 33, pl. 38-39). |
| 1956 | Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1956: 44, color repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1957 | Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 53, as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1958 | Goldscheider, Ludwig. Jan Vermeer: The Paintings. London, 1958: 22, 138, no. 21, pl. 51, color pl. 52 (also 1967 ed.). |
| 1960 | Baird, Thomas P. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Seven in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 36, color repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1960 | The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 26, color repro. 14, as Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1961 | Mirimonde, Albert P. de. "Les Sujets musicaux chez Vermeer de Delft." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 57 (January 1961): 29-52. |
| 1963 | Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 100, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1965 | Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 135, as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1966 | Descargues, Pierre. Vermeer. Trans by James Emmons. Geneva, 1966: 93, 131, color repros. 87, 92. |
| 1966 | Rosenberg, Jakob, Seymour Slive, and E. H. ter Kuile. Dutch Art and Architecture: 1600-1800. Batlimore, 1966: 121-122, pl. 91b (Rev ed., London, 1984). |
| 1966 | Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:256, color repro., as Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1967 | Bianconi, Piero. The Complete Paintings of Vermeer. New York, 1967: 92, no. 24, color pl. xix. |
| 1967 | Koningsberger, Hans. The World of Vermeer 1632-1675. New York, 1967: 148, 152, 153, color repro. |
| 1968 | Kühn, Hermann. "A Study of the Pigments and the Grounds Used by Jan Vermeer." Studies in the History of Art (1968-69):191-192. |
| 1968 | European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 122, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1970 | Walicki, Michal. Jan Vermeer van Delft. Dresden, 1970: 32-37, repro. |
| 1971 | Carstensen, Richard, and Marielene Putscher. "Ein Bild von Vermeer in medizinhistorischen Sicht." Deutsches Ärzteblatt-Ärtzliche Mitteilungen 68 (December 1971): 1-6. |
| 1973 | Mistler, Jean. Vermeer. Paris, 1973: unpaginated, repro. 19. |
| 1973 | Sonnenburg, Hubert von. "Technical Comments." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 31 (Summer 1973): unpaginated. |
| 1973 | Walsh, John, Jr. "Vermeer." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 31 (Summer 1973): unpaginated, color repro. 75. |
| 1974 | Grimme, Ernst Günther. Jan Vermeer van Delft. Cologne, 1974: 54, cat. 17, repros. 11, 12. |
| 1975 | Blankert, Albert, contr. by Rob Ruurs and Willem van de Watering. Johannes Vermeer van Delft, 1632-1675. Utrecht and Antwerp, 1975: 62-64, 82, 149-150, no. 15, color repro. (English ed.,Oxford,1978: 22, 41-44, 49, 54, 67, 161-162, no. 15, colorpl. 15). |
| 1975 | Dudok van Heel, S. A. C. "De Kunstverzamelingen van Lennep met de Arundeltekeningen." Amstelodamum 67 (1975): 137-173. |
| 1975 | European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 362, repro., as A Woman Weighing Gold. |
| 1976 | Alpers, Svetlana. "Describe or Narrate? A Problem in Realistic Representation." New Literary History 8, no. 1 (Autumn 1976): 15-41. |
| 1976 | Harbison, Craig. "Reformation Iconography: Problems and Attitudes." Print Review (Tribute to Wolfgang Stechow) 5 (1976): 78-87, fig. 8. |
| 1976 | Wright, Christopher. Vermeer. London, 1976: 13-14, 74, 76, 78, 81, fig. 25. |
| 1977 | Menzel, Gerhard W. Vermeer. Leipzig, 1977: 48, 56-57, color repro., detail. |
| 1977 | Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. "Review of Albert Blankert's Johannes Vermeer van Delft, 1632-1675." The Art Bulletin 59, no. 3 (September 1977): 439-441. |
| 1978 | Picture Gallery Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin: Catalogue of Paintings 13th-18th Century. Trans. Linda B. Parshall. 2nd rev. ed. Berlin-Dahlem, 1978: 212. |
| 1979 | Snow, Edward A. A Study of Vermeer. Berkeley, 1979: 10, 34-36, 38, 44, 60, 62, 97, 126, 132-136, 138, 174-176, color repro. Fig. 13, color details figs. 26, 51, 52. |
| 1979 | Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 75, pl. 61, color repro. |
| 1980 | Reuterswärd, Patrik. "Om realismen i holländsk bildtradition." Konsthistorisk tidskrift 49 (June 1980): 1-16, repro. |
| 1980 | Seth, Lennart. "Vermeer och van Veens 'Amorum Emblemata.'" Konsthistorisk tidskrift 49, no. 1 (June 1980): 17-40. |
| 1980 | Sutton, Peter C. Pieter de Hooch: Complete Edition with a Catalogue Raisonné. Oxford, 1980: 45, 68 note 37, fig. 32. |
| 1981 | Slatkes, Leonard J. Vermeer and His Contemporaries. New York, 1981: 55-56, color repro., color detail. |
| 1981 | Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Jan Vermeer. New York, 1981: 41, 42, 106-109, color repro., color detail (2nd rev. ed., 1988: 82, color repro.). |
| 1983 | Salomon, Nanette. "Vermeer and the Balance of Destiny." In Essays in Northern European Art Presented to Egbert Haverkamp Begemann on His Sixtieth Birthday. Anne-Marie Logan, ed. Doornspijk, 1983: 216-221, repro. |
| 1984 | Gaskell, Ivan. "Vermeer, Judgment and Truth." The Burlington Magazine 126 (September 1984): 557-561, repro. |
| 1984 | Philadelphia 1984, no. 118. |
| 1984 | Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 301, no. 400, color repro. |
| 1985 | European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 421, repro. |
| 1986 | Aillaud, Gilles, Albert Blankert, and John Michael Montias. Vermeer. Paris, 1986: 49, 51, 112, 114, 116, 183-185, repro. xv (also 1988 English ed., New York). |
| 1986 | Sutton 1986, 311, repro. |
| 1988 | Bialostocki, Jan. "Mere Imitation of Nature or Symbolic Image of the World? Problems in the Interpretation of Dutch Painting of the XVIIth Century." In The Message of Images: Studies in the History of Art. Vienna, 1988: 166-180, 271-273, fig. 129. |
| 1988 | Reuterswärd, Patrik. "Vermeer. Ett försvar för ögats vittnesbörd." Konsthistorisk tidskrift 57, part 2 (1988): 55-59, fig. 2. |
| 1989 | Montias, John Michael. Vermeer and His Millieu: A Web of Social History. Princeton, 1989: 162, 182, 191, 255-256, 261, fig. 30. |
| 1990 | Cunnar, Eugene R. "The Viewer's Share: Three Sectarian Readings of Vermeer's Woman with a Balance." Exemplaria 2 (1990); 501-536. |
| 1991 | Bal, Mieke. Reading "Rembrandt": Beyond the Word-Image Opposition. Cambridge and New York, 1991: 1-4, 19-23, 177, repro. 0.1. |
| 1991 | Nash, John. Vermeer. London, 1991: 24,2 6, 28, 39, 98-99, color repro. |
| 1992 | National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 137, repro. |
| 1995 | Johannes Vermeer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1995-1996: no. 10. |
| 1995 | Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Vermeer and the Art of Painting. New Haven, 1995: 97-103, color repro. |
| 1995 | Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 371-377, color repro. 373. |
| 1997 | Gowing, Lawrence. Vermeer. London, 1997: no. 45, repro. |
| 1997 | Gebhardt, Volker. Kunstgeschichte Malerei. Cologne, 1997: no. 127, repro. |
| 1997 | Niggemeyer, Margarete and Hans-Walter Stork. Perlen schimmern auf den Toren. 1997: 63, repro. |
| 1997 | Robinson, James. "Vermeer." Classical Realism Journal III/2 (1997): 4-21, repro. 15. |
| 1997 | Scholz, Georg. Lyrische Bilder: Gedichte nach Gemälden von Jan Vermeer. Munich, 1997: 42, repro. |
| 1997 | Toman, Rolf. Die Kunst des Barock: Architektur, Skulptur, Malerei. Cologne, 1997: 465, repro. |
| 1997 | Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Vermeer: The Complete Works. New York, 1997:36-37, no. 16, repro. |
| 1998 | Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675): Sainte Praxede, Saint Praxedis. Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation, Monaco, 1998: 7, repro. no. 7. |
| 1998 | Fiero, Gloria K. The Humanistic Tradition: Faith, Reason and Power in the Early Modern World. New York, 1998: no. 22.10, repro. |
| 1998 | Schlenke, Hubertus. Vermeer, mit Spinoza gesehen. Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1998: 52-55, 94-99, repro. no. 13a, 13b, 21, 21a. |
| 1999 | Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 2 vols. New York, 1999: 2:795-797, fig. 19-53, repro. |
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