# Officer with a Laughing Girl \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERMEER, Johannes]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Officer with a Laughing Girl \(detail\) c. 1657 Oil on canvas Frick Collection, New York In contrast to the young woman, the soldier in the black hat and red jacket is placed close to the viewer, from whom he turns his back. He is hardly more than a silhouette, but rather overpowering, given the relative importance accorded his bodily appearance. ## Related artworks - [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)]() - [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)]() - [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)]() - [A Lady and Two Gentlemen]() - [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman]() - [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)]() - [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()