Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer. The Art of Painting. circa 1666–1668.
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth	31 October 1632 (baptised)
Place of birth	Delft
Date of death	15 December 1675 (buried)
Place of death	Delft

Works

Diana and her Companions

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  circa 1653–1654
  oil on canvas
  97.8 × 104.6 cm
  The Hague, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

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  between 1900 and 1940.

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  before 1999.

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  between 1999 and 2010.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

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  circa 1654–1656
  oil on canvas
  158.5 × 141.5 cm
  Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland

The procuress

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  1656
  oil on canvas
  143 × 130 cm
  Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

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A maid asleep

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  circa 1656–1657
  oil on canvas
  87.6 × 76.5 cm
  New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  before 1993.

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  before 18 February 2007.

Officer and laughing girl

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  circa 1657
  oil on canvas
  50.5 × 46 cm
  New York, The Frick Collection
  Henry Clay Frick Bequest

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Girl reading a letter at an open window

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  circa 1657–1659
  oil on canvas
  83 × 64.5 cm
  Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Other version

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  before 2002.

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View of Houses in Delft, known as ‘The Little Street’

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  circa 1657–1658
  oil on canvas
  54.3 × 44 cm
  Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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The Milkmaid

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  circa 1660
  oil on canvas
  45.5 × 41 cm
  Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Other versions

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  before 12 November 2005.

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  10 June 2006.

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  before 1 May 2008.

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  before 7 May 2010.

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The glass of wine

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  circa 1658–1660
  oil on canvas
  66.3 × 76.5 cm
  Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

Other version

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  before 2002.

The girl with a wineglass

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  circa 1659–1660
  oil on canvas
  78 × 67 cm
  Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Girl interrupted at her music

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  circa 1658–1661
  oil on canvas
  39.4× 44.5 cm
  New York, The Frick Collection
  Henry Clay Frick Bequest

View on Delft

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  circa 1660–1661
  oil on canvas
  96.5 × 117.5 cm
  The Hague, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

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  circa 1900.

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  before 2002.

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A lady at the virginals with a gentleman, known as ‘The Music Lesson’

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  circa 1662–1665
  oil on canvas
  73.3 × 64.5 cm
  Windsor/London, The Royal Collection

Other version

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  1 January 2009 (?).

Woman Reading a Letter

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  circa 1662–1663
  oil on canvas
  46.5 × 39 cm
  Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Woman holding a balance

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  circa 1662–1665
  oil on canvas
  39.7 × 35.5 cm
  Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
  Widener Collection

Other versions

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  before 29 May 2008.

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  before 12 March 2009.

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  16 January 2010.

Young woman with a water pitcher

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  circa 1662–1665
  oil on canvas
  45.7 × 40.6 cm
  New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Marquand Collection

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Woman with a lute

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  circa 1662–1664
  oil on canvas
  51.4 × 45.7 cm
  New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a pearl necklace

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  circa 1660–1665
  oil on canvas
  55 × 45 cm
  Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

A lady writing

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  circa 1665–1666
  oil on canvas
  45 × 39.9 cm
  Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art

Other version

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  before 4 March 2007.

Girl with the red hat

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  circa 1665–1667
  oil on panel
  22.8 × 18 cm
  Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
  Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Girl with a flute

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  circa 1665–1670
  oil on oak panel
  20 × 17.5 cm
  Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
  Widener Collection

Other version

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  before 2002.

The Girl with a Pearl Earring

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  circa 1665
  oil on canvas
  46.5 × 40 cm
  The Hague, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

Other versions

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  circa 1900.

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  before 2002.

The concert

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  circa 1663–1666
  oil on canvas
  72.5 × 64.7 cm
  Present whereabouts unknown

Other version

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  before 18 March 1990.

The Art of Painting

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  circa 1666–1668
  oil on canvas
  120 × 100 cm
  Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Study of a young woman

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  circa 1665–1667
  oil on canvas
  44.5 × 40 cm
  New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mistress and maid

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  circa 1666–1667
  oil on canvas
  90.2 × 78.4 cm
  New York, The Frick Collection
  Henry Clay Frick Bequest

The astronomer

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  1668
  oil on canvas
  51.5 × 45.5 cm
  Paris, Musée du Louvre

Other version

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  before 14 September 2006.

The geographer

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  circa 1668–1669
  oil on canvas
  53 × 46.5 cm
  Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum

Other versions

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  before 2002.

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  before 23 July 2005.

The lacemaker

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  circa 1669–1671
  oil on canvas
  24 × 21 cm
  Paris, Musée du Louvre

Other version

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  before 2002.

The Loveletter

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  circa 1669–1670
  oil on canvas
  44 × 38.5 cm
  Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Young woman playing a guitar

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  circa 1670–1672
  oil on canvas
  53 × 46.3 cm
  London, Kenwood House
  Iveagh Bequest

Lady writing a letter with her maid

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  circa 1670–1671
  oil on canvas
  71.1 × 58.4 cm
  Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

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  circa 1670
  oil on canvas
  114.3 × 88.9 cm
  New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The Friedsam Collection

Other versions

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  circa 1900.

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  before 4 March 2007.

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  23 October 2008.

Youg woman standing at a virginal

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  circa 1670–1672
  oil on canvas
  51.7 × 45.2 cm
  London, The National Gallery

Other version

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  28 May 2010.

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A young woman seated at a virginal

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  circa 1670–1672
  oil on canvas
  51.5 × 45.5 cm
  London, The National Gallery
  Salting Bequest

Other versions

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  before 2002.

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  before 4 March 2007.

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A young woman seated at the virginals

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  circa 1670–1672
  oil on canvas
  25.2 × 20 cm
  New York, private collection

Other version

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  before 12 March 2007.

Disputed works

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  Attributed to Johannes Vermeer (after Felice Ficherelli). Saint Praxedis. 1655. oil on canvas. 101.6 × 82.6 cm. Princeton, New Jersey, The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection Foundation.

Forgeries

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  Young Woman Reading. circa 1925–1927. oil on canvas. 19.7 × 14.6 cm. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Documentation

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  Huis Mechelen, Markt, Delft, Vermeer’s birth house. circa 1730.

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  OMTRENT DEZE PLAATS / HEEFT HET HUIS „MECHELEN” / GESTAAN WAAR OCTOBER 1632 / WERD GEBOREN / JAN VERMEER / DE SCHILDER

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  Signatures of Johannes Vermeer and Catharina Bolnes. 14 December 1655.

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  CATALOGUS / VAN / SCHILDERYEN, / Van Hendrik Sorgh, verkogt den 28. Maert, 1720. / in Amsterdam. / [...] / 3 Een Astrologist: door Vermeer van Delft, extra puyk. / 4 Een weerga, van ditto, niet minder. / 160 - 0

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  Jan Rink. De Minister P. Rink en de melkmeid uit de collectie-Six. November 1907.

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  Announcement dated 21 March 1990 on stolen masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, including ‘Vermeer’s The Concert’.