page_title: 1656 in art
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: 1656 in art / Works
context_page_description: Events from the year 1656 in art.
context_section_description: Bernardino Mei – The Charlatan
  Rembrandt – Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
  Diego Velázquez –  Las Meninas (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
  Jan Vermeer – The Procuress (approximate date; Gemäldegalerie, Dresden)
caption: Vermeer – The Procuress. The figure on the left has been called Vermeer's self-portrait.[1]
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