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Meta Data: Artist name, title of the piece, year it was made, medium, dimensions 2. Where is the piece currently located?
3. Why was it made? Who was it for?
4. What style is this piece?
5. What is the subject matter? What is the work about?
6. Why are you including this piece in your Art History Cannon? Why do you believe it
is significant? The answer to this question should include information about what was going on in world history or art history at the time the piece was
created. (For example....Giotto painting the Scrovegni Chapel was important because he was commissioned by the Scrovegni Family to do so not the Church.)

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Title -Woman Holding a Balance

Artist name- Johannes Vermeer

Year it was made- 1662-1663 CE

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Dimensions- 15 7/8 x 14"(39 x 35 cm)

Location- National Gallery of art, Washington D.C.

It is an oil painting. It was painted for a private home. Vermeer is thought to have been inspired in The Goldweigher painted by Pieter de Hooch.

It depicts an woman weighing her jewels which suggests a higher class.Last judgement is depicted in the back which parallels the balance that the woman holds.

There are different views in the interpretation of the painting, as it was made complex by adding many elements in it.

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