The girl with the wine glass (Jan Vermeer Van Delft Improvisation)

• Year created: 2005

• Medium: oil on canvas

• Dimensions (cm): 110x95

The Girl with the Wine Glass (Jan Vermeer van Delft Improvisation) reimagines Vermeer’s intimate domestic scene through a veil of abstraction and luminous color. The familiar figures remain visible, yet they dissolve into painterly fragments, their forms emerging from shifting planes of reds, yellows, and soft pastels.

Light takes center stage, diffusing across the canvas in radiant bursts. The woman’s face, delicately preserved, contrasts with the surrounding haze of abstraction, while the glass of wine she holds becomes both a symbol and a fleeting gesture. The window to the left filters warmth into the scene, echoing Vermeer’s mastery of light but translated here into a kaleidoscope of tones.

This improvisation transforms quiet domesticity into a celebration of movement and perception. Rather than capturing a frozen moment, the piece evokes memory, sensation, and atmosphere, inviting viewers to experience the timeless intimacy of Vermeer’s world through a contemporary and dreamlike lens.