A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals to the texture of the wall are typical of Vermeer, while the handling of the pearls in the woman's hair recalls the threads spilling from the cushion in the "Lacemaker". A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals is a painting generally attributed to Johannes Vermeer, though this was for a long time widely questioned. A series of technical examinations from 1993 onwards confirmed the attribution. It is thought to date from c.1670 and is now in part of the Leiden Collection in New York. It should not be confused with "Young Woman Seated
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education IHE Delft Institute for Water Education IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, formerly known as UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, Netherlands. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees, and PhD degrees in collaboration with partners in the Netherlands. Since 1957 the Institute has provided graduate education to more than 15,000 water professionals from over 160 countries. IHE Delft changed its name in 2017 from UNESCO-IHE, when its status in relation to UNESCO changed. It is now a Category 2 institute, operating under the auspices