1632 - 1675
Johannes Vermeer was a painter from the Dutch Baroque Period who specialized in depicting middle-class domestic interior scenes.
During his lifetime he achieved moderate success, earning recognition as a genre painter in Delft and The Hague. However, he didn't create many paintings and wasn't wealthy, leaving his family in debt upon his death.
Well-known for his meticulous and painstaking work style, Vermeer frequently utilized expensive paints. His paintings are famous for their use and use of light.
Most of Vermeer's paintings depict women and are in two small rooms in his Delft home. The same furniture and decorations appear in various arrangements throughout his works.
Vermeer's reputation dwindled after his death, and he received little mention in Arnold Houbraken's main reference book on 17th-century Dutch painting. This omission led to his exclusion from Dutch art surveys for nearly two centuries.
In the nineteenth century, Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger identified and credited 66 paintings to him in an essay. Today, only 34 paintings.
Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665)
The Art of Painting
Study of a Young Woman (ca. 1665–67)
The Wine Glass (circa 1658-1660)
Diana and Her Nymphs (C. 1653 - 1654)
View of Houses in Delft, Known as ‘The Little Street’ (c. 1658)
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