A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer. ca.1670-1672

中文译：

如您所见，在画面左侧的前景倚立着一把维奥尔琴（viola. 巴洛克时期乐器，又名柔音提琴，6-7弦），一把琴弓斜搭于琴弦之间。少女身前维金纳琴的琴盖内侧绘有风景画（virginials. 维京琴，harpsichord羽管键琴的一种，在16-17世纪的英格兰备受欢迎，被泛指各种羽管键琴，其内部多装饰画），而少女身后的背景也是一幅画——Dirck van Baburen.迪克·范·巴布伦《The Procuress老鸨》(该作藏于波士顿美术博物馆)或者是原作的复制品。

背景中的《老鸨》对于整幅画面是否有影响意义尚无定论， 作者可能意图在音乐和爱情之间营造一种更为广泛的联系。一张挂毯蕴染着画面左上方的氛围，而代尔夫特瓷砖装饰着在少女裙袂之右下方的地面。

（代尔夫特蓝陶：荷兰经典瓷砖——白底蓝彩，相关专家凭借白蓝双色的光彩和色泽差别来鉴别出品时间等）

本作品风格上可以追溯到17世纪70年代（1670年），有观点认为它和藏于英国伦敦国家美术馆的维米尔的另一幅作品《站在维金纳琴边的少女》是互为艺术补遗的姊妹篇，具考它们的尺寸、创作日期以及相关创作题材都具有着一定相似性。然而在19世纪之前，它们出自谁人有所争议；而正如我们所知道的那样，维米尔会在其他场景寻觅同一个主题的变奏版本。

19世纪，这两幅画被艺术评论家泰奥菲尔·托雷(Theophile Thore)收录笔下。1866年，得益于他的文章，人们重新认识了维米尔。

PS：维米尔是一个真正开放式双向思维大师，点击这里继续深入解密约翰内斯·维米尔画笔下“绝望的家庭主妇”

英文原版：

In the left foreground rests a viola da gamba with the bow placed in between the strings. The virginal has a landscape painted on the inside of the lid, and the painting in the background is The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen (now in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston) or a copy of it.

Whether or not the subject of The Procuress in the background is intended to have a bearing on the meaning of the whole work is not clear. It is probable that a more general association between music and love is intended. A tapestry frames the scene at the upper left, and the skirting in the lower right is decorated with Delft tiles.

This painting has been dated on stylistic grounds to about 1670. It has been suggested that it and A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, the National Gallery's other painting by Vermeer, are pendants, because of the similar size, date and related subject matter. Their provenances before the 19th century differ, however, and Vermeer is known to have explored variations on a theme on other occasions. In the 19th century, the two paintings were in the collection of the art critic Théophile Thoré, whose articles prompted the rediscovery of Vermeer in 1866.

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原文来自：DailyArt

原文翻译：Yvonne Zhang，原文校对：Cassie Chi Zhang

重新翻译及其他注释：11Sasoy