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Woman Holding a Balance[edit]

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Original – Woman Holding a Balance. Pearls and jewels are outspread in front of her, but behind her Jesus judging the souls of the deceased in the picture depicting The Day of the Lord .
Reason
The great Golden Age painter, Johannes Vermeer 's masterwork. The woman in the picture is measuring - something. Some critics perceive her as measuring her valuables, others that she is measuring what is important in life (the woman is pregnant). She is weighing her valuables too see what they are worth. But behind the woman hangs a painting representing The last judgment. Some say the juxtaposition with the final judgment is suggesting that she is focusing on the treasures of Heaven rather than those of Earth. Other art critics compared the use of ligh with the traditional paintings of the Annunciation theme.
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Creator
Johannes Vermeer
  • Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 20:41, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - very good use of light. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:33, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - With only 34 works, many set up in the same manner, they never (IMO) feel redundant.--Godot13 (talk) 00:35, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: I am really becoming fond of this one. Perhaps it does remind me of the Annunciation icons and paintings. It is not only the light, but her draped head covering and she has a serene gaze. Fylbecatulous talk 03:23, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Congratulation for a sharp comment, Fylbecatulous. This is exactly what the art critics say - the more one is looking at a Vermeer, the more one dicovers new things, it has an abundant richness of meanings and details - even though they look - simple enough in the beginning. As Godot said, they - never feel redundant... Hafspajen (talk) 09:39, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think this is an obvious case. Samsara (FA • FP) 03:29, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Johannes Vermeer - Woman Holding a Balance - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:53, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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