# Woman Holding a Balance

- By: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632 - 1675)
- Date: c. 1664
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: painted surface: 39.7 x 35.5 cm (15 5/8 x 14 in.) ; stretcher size: 42.5 x 38 cm (16 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.) ; framed: 62.9 x 58.4 x 7.6 cm (24 3/4 x 23 x 3 in.)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Widener Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1236.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/c948cf32-e6c7-41a0-a053-0ad0562960c4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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