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AP Art History

Category - Early Europe and Colonial Americas

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The likely purchasers of Johannes Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance would recognize the woman in the painting as:
  1. Of a social class similar to theirs
  2. Of a social class unknown to theirs
  3. Of a social class beneath theirs
  4. Of a social class above theirs
Explanation
Answer: A - The likely purchasers of Johannes Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance would recognize the woman in the painting as similar to theirs.

The woman is wearing fine clothes, which is indicative of the upper class in Holland. There is also a box of fine pearls as well as coins strewn about, giving the indication that this belongs to the woman as well. The upper class in Holland were increasingly buying art, so the likely patrons would recognize the woman in the painting as someone in their same social class.
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