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Johannes Vermeer, Dutch, 1632-1675, Girl with the Red Hat, c. 1665/1666, oil on pnael, painted surface: 22.87 x 18 cm (9x 7 1/16 in.), Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.53, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2 Vermeers, 1 Krasner, and 11 Other Paintings That Washington, D.C., Has To Offer