{"product_id":"the-milkmaid","title":"The Milkmaid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Milkmaid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esometimes called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen Maid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an\u003cspan\u003e oil on canvas painting \u003c\/span\u003eof a \"milkmaid\", in fact, a domestic kitchen maid by the\u003cspan\u003e Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer\u003c\/span\u003e. It is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which regards it as \"unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exact year of the painting's completion is unknown, with estimates varying by source. The Rijksmuseum estimates it as circa 1658. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York City, it was painted in about 1657 or 1658.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe painting shows a milkmaid, a woman who milks cows and makes dairy products like butter and cheese, in a plain room carefully pouring milk into a squat earthenware container on a table. Milkmaids began working solely in the stables before large houses hired them to do housework as well rather than hiring out for more staff. Also on the table in front of the milkmaid are various types of bread. She is a young, sturdily built woman wearing a crisp linen cap, a blue apron and work sleeves pushed up from thick forearms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFun Fact: The Milkmaid artwork was seen in Commander Lawrence’s kitchen, in \"The Handmaid's Tale\" TV series season 3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grands Maîtres Collection","offers":[{"title":"18\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Stretcher Bars 1 1\/2\"","offer_id":45828481351918,"sku":"","price":306.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Roll","offer_id":47142302974190,"sku":null,"price":156.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7613\/5662\/files\/Johannes_Vermeer_-_Het_melkmeisje_-_Google_Art_Project.png?v=1755612550","url":"https:\/\/www.gmcollection.art\/products\/the-milkmaid","provider":"GMC.art International Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}