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Definition of handmaiden. 1  1 : a personal maid or female servant. 2  2 : something whose essential function is to serve or assist criticism is not the enemy of art but rather its handmaiden â Gary Michael.
Dimensions: 45.5 cm Ã 41 cm (17 7â8 in Ã 16 1â8 in) Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands The Milkmaid (Dutch: De Melkmeid or Het Melkmeisje), sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting of a milkmaid, in fact a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer.