Woman with a Water Jug a Water Pitcher" was purchased by Henry Gurdon Marquand in 1887 at a Paris gallery for $800. When Marquand brought it to the United States, it was the first Vermeer in America. Marquand donated the artwork along with other pieces in his collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Woman with a Water Jug Woman with a Water Jug, also known as Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, is a painting finished between 1660–1662 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the Baroque style. It is oil on canvas, 45.7cm x 40.6 cm, and is on
Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait his disciples rebelled, and to an extent he was sidelined. Of another similar self-portrait, "Christ in the Garden of Olives", Gauguin wrote The technique used to create the object was borrowed in part from the Far East, especially in the use of dripped paint on glazed stoneware which was influenced by Japanese craftsmen of the Takatori region. The idea of merging the form of a head and a jug was taken from Peruvian pottery, likely from pieces his mother had collected when he was a child. Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait Jug in the form of a