# Girl Interrupted at Her Music \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/girl-interrupted-at-her-music-detail-r5f80419ca95fe9>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VERMEER, Johannes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The young girl looks out at the viewer, and takes time off from the making of music. It has been suggested that the Cupid on the wall conveys the emblematic meaning of unrequited love. Only the gentleman seems to be fully absorbed by his feelings, whereas the young woman appears distracted and inattentive.

## Related artworks

- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-r684f0674985c50>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-rc621429db1ac53>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-rd3374240eb4504>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-r062aea6ed76976>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-r9706f1271601eb>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-rb96800ee53ca02>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-rde069462af8974>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-r6dd12d50e67ae3>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r1e54078b525221>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r7350fbc7abf618>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r92c3cbf386e024>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-rc065147b3264c1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)