After the separation of Northern and Southern Netherlands, they saw a great increase of wealth and advances in many areas. This rising income showed a decrease in working class/merchants and therefore a nonexistent theme for Vermeer to base his paintings off of. Rendering The Milkmaid to be one of the last working class paintings by Johannes Vermeer, created somewhere between 1632-1675. This importance of the Origin of this painting and the time in which it took place, is that Delft, which is located in the Netherlands, is where Johannes Vermeer was born. The artist incorporating specifics elements of his culture and also addressing their main social changes, gives a very powerful
After the separation of Northern and Southern Netherlands, they saw a great increase of wealth and advances in many areas. This rising income showed a decrease in working class/merchants and therefore a nonexistent theme for Vermeer to base his paintings off of. Rendering The Milkmaid to be one of the last working class paintings by Johannes Vermeer, created somewhere between 1632-1675. This importance of the Origin of this painting and the time in which it took place, is that Delft, which is located in the Netherlands, is where Johannes Vermeer was born. The artist incorporating specifics elements of his culture and also addressing their main social changes, gives a very powerful