Keywords: Vermeer, Johannes, The Milkmaid (about 1657-58).jpg The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer painted 1657 or 1658 from close to the lower left-hand corner of the painting showing the patch of floor where the clothes basket was painted over the distinctive brilliant blue of the maid's dress and the foot warmer a much-discussed symbol in the painting as well as the Delft tiles showing Cupid to the left of the foot warmer and a man with a pole or similar object to the right of the foot warmer The tiles have also been considered symbolic by some critics This picture has been cropped from the online source version Metropolitan Museum of Art web page http //www metmuseum org/special/vermeers_masterpiece/view_1_milkmaid asp item 0 view l creator Johannes Vermeer painted 1657-1658 not necessary; not in copyright entire painting File Johannes Vermeer - De melkmeid jpg one version of several on Commons PD-old-100 The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer Delftware tiles Foot stoves in art |