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''The Procuress'' is a 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by the 24-year-old Jan Vermeer. It can be seen in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It is his first genre painting and shows a scene of contemporary life, an image of mercenary love〔(The Practice of Cultural Analysis: Exposing Interdisciplinary Interpretation, p. 50. Mieke Bal, Bryan Gonzales )〕 perhaps in a brothel. It differs from his earlier biblical and mythological scenes. It is one of only three paintings Vermeer signed and dated (the other two are ''The Astronomer'' and ''The Geographer''). It seems Vermeer was influenced by earlier works on the same subject by Gerard ter Borch, and ''The Procuress'' (c. 1622) by Dirck van Baburen, which was owned by Vermeer's mother-in-law Maria Thins and hung in her home.〔John Michael Montias, ''Vermeer and His Milieu: A Web of Social History'', Princeton University Press, 1991, p.146.〕 ==The scene== The woman in black, the leering coupler, "in a nun's costume",〔Binstock, p. 224.〕 could be the eponymous procuress, while the man to her right, "wearing a black beret and a doublet with slashed sleeves",〔Binstock, p. 172.〕 has been identified as a self portrait of the artist.〔("The Procuress: Evidence for a Vermeer Self-Portrait" ) Retrieved September 13, 2010〕 Vermeer just juxtaposed a beer glass. There is a resemblance with the painter in Vermeer's ''The Art of Painting''. The man, a soldier, in the red jacket is fondling her breast and dropping a coin into the young woman's outstretched hand.〔W. Liedtke (2007) Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 873.〕 According to Benjamin Binstock the painting could be understood as a psychological portrait of his adopted family.〔B. Binstock (2009) "Vermeer's Family Secrets. Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice", p. 81.〕 Vermeer is in the painting as a musician, in the employ of the madam. In his rather fictional book Binstock explains Vermeer used his family as models; the whore could be Vermeer's wife Catherina〔(Binstock, p. 231 )〕 and the lewd soldier her brother Willem.〔Binstock, p. 81-82.〕 The three-dimensional jug on the oriental rug is a piece of Westerwald Pottery. The kelim thrown over a barrister, probably produced in Uşak, covers a third of the painting and showes medaillons and leaves.〔Onno Ydema (1991) Carpets and their Datings in Netherlandish Paintings, 1540 - 1700, p. 43, 44, 145. ISBN 90-6011-710-7〕 The instrument is probably a cittern. The dark coat with five buttons was added by Vermeer in a later stage. In 1696 the painting, being sold on an auction in Amsterdam, was named "A merry company in a room". According to Binstock this "dark and gloomy" painting does not represent a didactic message.〔Binstock, p. 123, 85.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Procuress (Vermeer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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