Michael Sweerts

(Brussels 1618 - 1664 Goa)

A young maidservant

Canvas, 61 x 53.5

This extraordinary depiction of a young girl - datable to around 1660 - is undoubtedly one of Michael Sweerts's most beautiful works. It has been compared with Girl with a pearl earring, which Vermeer (1632-1675) would paint some five years later.