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Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

After the painting: Johannes Vermeer, Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Morning light from a window, a white headscarf and a blue dress. Many close shades — a chart for experienced stitchers.

Size
156 × 160 stitches; on 14-count: 28.3 × 29.0 cm, on 18-count: 22.0 × 22.6 cm
Threads
26 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 437881 — the work on the museum site
Licence
Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 474 KB OXS for software · 976 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.