Lady and servant is a painting from 1666-1667 by the Delft painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). The work is in the possession of the Frick Collection in New York, as are The Soldier and the Laughing Girl and Interruption of Music.
The original size is 90.2 × 78.7 cm.
Johannes Vermeer (baptized in Delft, October 31, 1632 - buried there, December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age.
Vermeer had a preference for timeless, subdued moments. He remains enigmatic because of his inimitable coloring and bewildering light. Vermeer's paintings, mostly genre pieces and a few history pieces, allegories and cityscapes, are distinguished by a subtle use of colour and ideal composition. He sometimes used expensive pigments and had a great preference for ultramarine and lead-tinged yellow.
