A masterpiece travels across the Atlantic for the first time in decades
In short: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has secured a rare loan of Johannes Vermeer's 'The Milkmaid.' This exhibition places the iconic work within the broader artistic landscape of the Dutch Golden Age.
The Rijksmuseum lent 'The Milkmaid' to the Met to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage to Manhattan. This marks the painting's first journey to the United States since the 1939 World's Fair.
The exhibition contextualizes Vermeer's work alongside five other pieces from the Met's collection and works by contemporaries like Pieter de Hooch and Gabriël Metsu. These artists shared a period of intense exploration and trade during the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age.
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