| TITLE | DATES | DIMENSIONS | SIGNED | DATED | GENRE | THEME | COLLECTION | COUNTRY | CITY | POPULARITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana and her Companions (see image) |
c. 1653-1656 | 98.5 x 105 cm. | ✓ | history painting | classical mythology | Mauritshuis | NL | The Hague | 1% (3) | |
| Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (see image) |
c. 1654-1655 | 160 x 142 cm. | ✓ | history painting | biblical scene | National Gallery of Scotland | GB | Edinburgh | 1% (3) | |
| The Procuress (see image) |
1656 | 143 x 130 cm. | ✓ | ✓ | genre | bordello scene | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | DE | Dresden | 1% (5) |
| Maid Asleep (see image) |
c. 1657-1659 | 83 x 64.5 cm. | ✓ | genre | drinking | Metropolitan Museum of Art | US | New York | 1% (6) | |
| Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (see image) |
1654- 1656 | 83 x 64.5 cm. | genre | letter reading | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | DE | Dresden | 6% (33) | ||
| Officer with a Laughing Girl (see image) |
c. 1655-1660 | 50.5 x 46 cm. | genre | courtship | Frick Collection | US | New York | 1% (6) | ||
| The Milkmaid (see image) |
c. 1658-1661 | 45.45 x 40.6 cm. | genre | domestic labor | Rijksmuseum | NL | Amsterdam | 14% (74) | ||
| Girl Interrupted in her Music (see image) |
c. 1658-1661 | 39.4 x 44.5 cm. | genre | merry company (courtship & music making) | Frick Collection | US | New York | 0% (2) | ||
| The Glass of Wine (see image) |
c. 1658-1660 | 65 x 77 cm. | ✓ | genre | merry company (courtship & music making) |
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
DE | Berlin | 1% (4) | |
| The Little Street (see image) |
c. 1657-1661 | 53.5 x 43.5 cm. | ✓ | landscape | Rijksmuseum | NL | Amsterdam | 5% (27) | ||
| The Girl with a Wine Glass (see image) |
c. 1659-1662 | 78 x 67 cm. | ✓ | genre | merry company (courtship & music making) |
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum | DE | Brunswick | 1% (5) | |
| View of Delft (see image) |
c. 1660-1661 | 98.5 x 117.5 cm. | ✓ | landscape | Mauritshuis | NL | The Hague | 9% (46) | ||
| The Music Lesson (see image) |
c. 1662-1664 | 73.3 x 64.5 cm. | ✓ | genre | merry company (courtship (?) & music making) |
Royal Collection | GB | London | 1% (6) | |
| Woman with a Lute (see image) |
c. 1662-1665 | 51.4 x 45.7 cm. | genre | music making | Metropolitan Museum of Art | US | New York | 1% (3) | ||
| Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (see image) |
c. 1662-1665 | 45.7 x 40.6 cm. | genre | toilette | Metropolitan Museum of Art | US | New York | 4% (20) | ||
| Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (see image) |
c. 1662-1665 | 46.5 x 38 cm. | genre | letter reading | Rijksmuseum | NL | Amsterdam | 4% (21) | ||
| Woman with a Pearl Necklace (see image) |
c. 1662-1665 | 55 x 45 cm. | ✓ | genre | toilette | Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
DE | Berlin | 2% (12) | |
| Woman Holding a Balance (see image) |
c. 1662-1665 | 42.5 x 38 cm. | allegory (genre) | allegory of spiritual balance | National Gallery of Art | US | Washington D.C. | 4% (21) | ||
| The Concert (see image) |
c. 1663-1666 | 72.5 x 64.7 cm. | genre | music making (merry company) | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | US | Boston | 1% (8) | ||
| A Lady Writing (see image) |
c. 1665-1666 | 45 x 39.9 cm. | ✓ | genre | letter writing | National Gallery of Art | US | Washington D.C. | 1% (3) | |
| The Art of Painting (see image) |
c. 1662-1668 | 120 x 100 cm. | ✓ | allegory | the art of painting | Kunsthistorisches Museum | AT | Vienna | 9% (50) | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring (see image) |
c. 1665-1667 | 46.5 x 40 cm. | ✓ | tronie | bust-length figure (tronie) | Mauritshuis | NL | The Hague | 11% (61) | |
| Girl with a Red Hat (see image) |
c. 1665-1667 | 22.8 x 18 cm. | ✓ | tronie | bust-length figure (tronie) | National Gallery of Art | US | Washington D.C. | 3% (18) | |
| Mistress and Maid (see image) |
c. 1666-1668 | 90.2 x 78.7 cm. | genre | letter writing | Frick Collection | US | New York | 1% (4) | ||
| Girl with a Flute (see image) |
c. 1665-1670 | 20 x 17.8 cm. | tronie | bust-length figure (tronie) | National Gallery of Art | US | New York | 1% (4) | ||
| Study of a Young Woman (see image) |
c. 1665-1674 | 44.5 x 40 cm. | ✓ | tronie | bust-length figure (tronie) | National Gallery of Art | US | New York | 3% (18) | |
| The Astronomer (see image) |
1668 | 50 x 45 cm. | ✓ | ✓ | genre | scientific inquire | Musée du Louvre | FR | Paris | 4% (21) |
| The Geographer (see image) |
c. 1668-1669 | 53 x 46.6 cm. | ✓ | ✓ | genre | scientific inquire | Städelsches Kunstinstitut | DE | Frankfurt | 1% (6) |
| The Love Letter (see image) |
c. 1667-1670 | 44 x 38.5 cm. | ✓ | genre | letter reading | Rijksmuseum | NE | Amsterdam | 3% (17) | |
| The Lacemaker (see image) |
c. 1669-1671 | 24 x 21 cm. | ✓ | genre | domestic labor | Musée du Louvre | FR | Paris | 1% (8) | |
| The Guitar Player (see image) |
c. 1670-1672 | 53 x 46.3 cm. | ✓ | genre | music making | Kenwood House | GB | London | 2% (10) | |
| Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid (see image) |
c. 1670-1671 | 71.1 x 58.4 cm. | ✓ | genre | letter writing | National Gallery of Ireland | IE | Dublin | 1% (6) | |
| A Lady Standing at a Virginal (see image) |
c. 1670-1674 | 51.7 x 45.2 cm. | ✓ | genre | music making | National Gallery | GB | London | 1% (6) | |
| Lady Seated at a Virginal (see image) |
c. 1670-1675 | 51.5 x 45.5 cm. | ✓ | genre | music making | National Gallery | GB | London | 1% (3) | |
| Allegory of Faith (see image) |
c. 1670-1674 | 114.3 x 88.9 cm. | allegory | allegory of the Catholic Faith | Metropolitan Museum of Art | US | New York | 0% (2) | ||
| Young Woman Seated at a Virginals (?) (see image) |
c. 1670 | 25.2 x 20 cm. | genre | music making | Leiden Collection | US | New York | 1% (4) | ||
| Saint Praxedis (?) (see image) |
1655 | 101.6 x 82.6 cm. | ✓ | ✓ | history painting | religious scene | Kufu Company Inc., on (long-term loan to the National Museum of Western Art |
JP | Tokyo | 1% (5) |
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