# The Needlewoman

- By: Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599 - 1660)
- Date: c. 1640/1650
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.) ; framed: 102.2 x 88.3 x 7.6 cm (40 1/4 x 34 3/4 x 3 in.)
- Culture: Spanish
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.88.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9150722c-f34d-484b-aa58-4079c7e85850/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)