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JanVermeer
The Astronomer
1668
The Louvre, Paris
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JanVermeer
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
1657
Gemaldegalerie, Dresden
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JanVermeer
A Lady and Two Gentlemen
1659-60 31" x 26" (78 x 68 cm)
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
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JanVermeer
Lady with her Maidservant
1667-68
35 1/2 x 31 in. (90.2 x 78.7 cm)
Frick Collection, New York
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JanVermeer
View of Delft
1660-1661
38 x 45 9/16 in (96.5 x 115.7 cm)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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JanVermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
1665
17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in (44.5 x 39 cm)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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JanVermeer
Diana and her Companions
1655-56 41" x 39" (105 x 98.5 cm)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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JanVermeer
The Geographer
1668-69
21" x 18" (53 x 46 cm)
Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
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JanVermeer
Young Girl with a Flute
1666-67
7.8 X 7.1" (20 X 18 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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JanVermeer
Woman Holding a Balance
1664
40.3 x 35.6 cm (15 7/8 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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JanVermeer
The Milkmaid
1658-60
17 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (45.5 x 41 cm)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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JanVermeer
The Music Lesson-o
1662-65 74.6 x 64.1 cm
Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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JanVermeer
A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
1673-75
20.28 x 17.95 inches / 51.5 x 45.6 cms
National Gallery, London
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JanVermeer
The Glass of Wine
1658-60
30" x 26" (77 x 65 cm)
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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JanVermeer
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
1654-55
63" x 56" (160 x 141 cm)
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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JanVermeer
Christ and the Women of Samaria
1580-82
Art History Museum, Vienna
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JanVermeer
Woman with a Jug
mk161
Oil on canvas
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JanVermeer
A Girl Asleep
mk161
Oil on canvas
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JanVermeer
Woman Reading a Letter
mk164
c.1632-64
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
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JanVermeer
A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
mk170
circa 1670
Oil on canvas
51.5x45.5cm
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1632-1675
Johannes (or Jan) Vermeer is now recognized as one of the great Dutch painters, but while he was alive he could barely make ends meet, and his artistic achievement was almost entirely ignored for 200 years after his death. Little is known about his personal life, other than he died poor and young and left behind a wife and eleven children. Vermeer is admired for his realistic style, his subtle use of color and light and his unusual and inventive brush technique, but fewer than forty of his paintings exist. His most famous works include domestic scenes such as Girl With a Peal Earring (1665) and The Music Lesson (1662-65), and tranquil landscapes such as The Little Street (1657-58) and View of Delft (1659-60).
Although his actual birth and death dates are unknown, Vermeer was baptized 31 October 1632 and buried 15 December 1675... During his career he used the names Johannes van der Meer, Johannes Vermeer and Jan Vermeer... He was played by actor Colin Firth in the 2003 film Girl With A Pearl Earring, which also starred Scarlett Johansson as the girl.
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