Girl With a Red Hat - Jan Vermeer
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A study in light and shade and the effects that light has on surfaces is really what this work is all about from the rich materials the girl is wearing to the light spilling on her face. Every detail of the feathers is picked out where the light falls upon the girls hat and the light shines of the decoration on the top of the chair.
Girl with red hat
1666-1667.
Oil on canvas.
National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC, USA.