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Jan Vermeer - Girl asleep at a tableGirl asleep at a tableJan Vermeer

A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep, A Woman Asleep at Table, and A Maid Asleep, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657. It is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and may not be lent elsewhere under the terms of the donor's bequest. According to Liedtk...

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Jan Vermeer - The ProcuressThe ProcuressJan Vermeer

The Procuress is an oil on canvas painting finished in 1656 (signed and dated) by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting (143 × 130 cm) is housed in the Herzog Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.

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Jan Vermeer - Woman with a Water JugWoman with a Water JugJan Vermeer

Woman with a Water Jug, also known as Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, is a painting finished between 1660–1662 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the Baroque style. It is oil on canvas, 45.7cm x 40.6 cm, and is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This painting is one of a...

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Jan Vermeer - The Milkmaid [c. 1658-60]The Milkmaid [c. 1658-60]Jan Vermeer

The Milkmaid, sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which esteems it as 'unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions'. The painting shows a housemaid in a plain room carefully pouring milk into a squat ea...

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Jan Vermeer - Woman Playing a Lute near a WindowWoman Playing a Lute near a WindowJan Vermeer

Woman with a Lute, also known as Woman with a Lute Near a Window, is a painting created about 1662–1663 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The painting depicts a young woman wearing an ermine-trimmed jacket and enormous pearl earrings as she eage...

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Jan Vermeer - The Art of PaintingThe Art of PaintingJan Vermeer

The Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting, and or Painter in his Studio, is a famous 17th century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. Many art historians believe that it is an allegory of painting, hence the alternative title of the painting. It is the larges...

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Jan Vermeer - The MilkmaidThe MilkmaidJan Vermeer

The Milkmaid, sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which esteems it as 'unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions'. The painting shows a housemaid in a plain room carefully pouring milk into a squat ea...

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Jan Vermeer - The AstronomerThe AstronomerJan Vermeer

The Astronomer is a painting finished about 1668 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is oil on canvas, 51 cm x 45 cm (20 x 18 in), and is on display at the Louvre, Paris. Portrayals of scientists were a favorite topic in 17th century Dutch painting and Vermeer oeuvre includes both this astrono...

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Jan Vermeer - Girl Interrupted at Her MusicGirl Interrupted at Her MusicJan Vermeer

Girl Interrupted at her Music is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It was painted in the baroque style between the years 1660 and 1661, using oil on canvas. The painting was the inspiration for the title of Susanna Kaysen's memoir about her stay at McLean Hospital for psychiatric trea...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady Writing a LetterLady Writing a LetterJan Vermeer

A Lady Writing a Letter (also known as A Lady Writing; Dutch: Schrijvend meisje) is an oil painting attributed to 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is believed to have been completed around 1665. The Lady is seen to be writing a letter and has been interrupted, so gently turns her head...

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Jan Vermeer - Diana and Her CompanionsDiana and Her CompanionsJan Vermeer

Diana and Her Companions is an oil on canvas painting finished around 1655 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting (98.5 × 105 cm) is housed in the Mauritshuis, The Hague.

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Jan Vermeer - Woman Weighing PearlsWoman Weighing PearlsJan Vermeer

Woman Weighing Pearls, also called Woman Testing a Balance, is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer. At one time the painting, completed 1662-1663, was known as Woman Weighing Gold, but closer evaluation has determined that the balance in her hand is empty. Opinions on the theme ...

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Jan Vermeer - The GeographerThe GeographerJan Vermeer

The Geographer is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1668-1669, and is now in the collection of the Städelsches Kunstinstitut museum in Frankfurt am Main. This is one of only three paintings Vermeer signed and dated (the other two are The Astronomer and The Procuress). The geogra...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady Seated at a VirginalLady Seated at a VirginalJan Vermeer

Lady Seated at a Virginal, also known as Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London. Both the National Gallery, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York name their separate pai...

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Jan Vermeer - The Music LessonThe Music LessonJan Vermeer

A painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. The Music Lesson has been part of the Royal Collection of Great Britain since the reign of King George III. However, when the piece was acquired it was believed to a work by Frans van Mieris the elder because of a misinterpretation...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady Standing at a VirginalLady Standing at a VirginalJan Vermeer

Lady Standing at a Virginal is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London. The oil painting depicts a richly dressed woman playing a virginal in a home with a tiled floor, paintings on the wall and some of the locally manufact...

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Jan Vermeer - The LacemakerThe LacemakerJan Vermeer

The Lacemaker is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), completed between 1669–1670 and held in the Louvre, Paris. The work shows a young woman dressed in a yellow shawl bent in concentration as she sews the threads of a dress. At 24.5 cm x 21 cm (9.6 in x 8.3 in), the work is ...

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Jan Vermeer - Woman With A BalanceWoman With A BalanceJan Vermeer

Woman With A Balance, is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer. At one time the painting, completed 1662-1663, was known as Woman Weighing Gold, but closer evaluation has determined that the balance in her hand is empty. Opinions on the theme and symbolism of the painting differ, ...

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Jan Vermeer - Woman in Blue Reading a LetterWoman in Blue Reading a LetterJan Vermeer

The central element of the painting is a woman in blue standing in front of a window (not depicted) reading a letter. The woman appears to be pregnant, but this is not determined: although not universally accepted, many have argued that she appears so only because of the fashion of the day. While th...

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Jan Vermeer - The Love LetterThe Love LetterJan Vermeer

The Love Letter (Dutch: De liefdesbrief) is a 17th-century genre painting by Jan Vermeer. The painting shows a servant maid handing a letter to a young woman with a lute. The painting is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The tied-up curtain in the foreground creates the impression that the viewer is loo...

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Jan Vermeer - Allegory of FaithAllegory of FaithJan Vermeer

The Allegory of Faith, also known as Allegory of the Catholic Faith is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1931. This and Vermeer's only other, earlier, allegory, Art of Painting are his only works that fall u...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid [c. 1670]Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid [c. 1670]Jan Vermeer

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, completed between 1670–1671 and held in the National Gallery of Ireland. The work shows a middle-class woman attended by a maid who is presumably acting as messenger and go-between for the lady and her lover. The...

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Jan Vermeer - Girl with a FluteGirl with a FluteJan Vermeer

Girl with a flute is an oil on panel painting by Johannes Vermeer. Painted ca. 1665-1670. The painting (20 x 17.8 cm) is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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Jan Vermeer - Woman and Two ManWoman and Two ManJan Vermeer

The Girl with the Wineglass is an oil on canvas painting finished around c. 1659 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting (39.4 × 44.5 cm) is housed in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig.

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Jan Vermeer - The ConcertThe ConcertJan Vermeer

The Concert is a painting of c. 1664 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in March 1990. It is considered the most valuable painting currently stolen. Its value has been estimated at over $200,000,000. It remains missing to this day.

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Jan Vermeer - The Glass of WineThe Glass of WineJan Vermeer

The Wine Glass, also known as A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman and The Glass of Wine is an oil on canvas painting finished around 1658 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting (39.4 × 44.5 cm) is housed in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

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Jan Vermeer - Woman with a Pearl NecklaceWoman with a Pearl NecklaceJan Vermeer

Woman with a Pearl Necklace is an oil on canvas painting finished in 1662-1664 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting (55 × 45 cm) is housed in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

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Jan Vermeer - The Guitar PlayerThe Guitar PlayerJan Vermeer

The Guitar Player is an oil on canvas painting finished in 1672 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This painting is housed in the Kenwood House, London.

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Jan Vermeer - View of DelfiView of DelfiJan Vermeer

View of Delft is an oil painting by Johannes Vermeer. Painted ca. 1660-1661, the painting of the Dutch artist's hometown is among his most popular. Painted at a time when cityscapes were not commonplace, it is one of three known paintings of Delft by Vermeer, along with The Little Street and the los...

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Jan Vermeer - Street in DelfiStreet in DelfiJan Vermeer

The Little Street (Het Straatje or Street in Delfi) is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed c. 1657-1658. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, and signed left below the window with the writing 'I V MEER'.

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Jan Vermeer - Soldier and a Laughing GirlSoldier and a Laughing GirlJan Vermeer

Officer and Laughing Girl, also known as Officer and a Laughing Girl and Officer With a Laughing Girl, is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1657 and now in The Frick Collection in New York. The theme of a girl entertaining her suitor, already popular in Dutch art, was used...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid (detail)Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid (detail)Jan Vermeer

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, completed between 1670–1671 and held in the National Gallery of Ireland. The work shows a middle-class woman attended by a maid who is presumably acting as messenger and go-between for the lady and her lover. The...

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Jan Vermeer - The Girl with the Red Hat [c. 1665]The Girl with the Red Hat [c. 1665]Jan Vermeer

Girl with a Red Hat is a small painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed 1665-1666, in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. It is one of a number of Vermeer's tronies -- depictions of models fancifully dressed that were not (as far as is known) intended to be portraits of ...

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Jan Vermeer - Christ in the House of Mary and MarthaChrist in the House of Mary and MarthaJan Vermeer

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is a painting finished in 1655 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. The work has also been called Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (reversing the last two names).

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Jan Vermeer - Soldier and a Laughing Girl (1658)Soldier and a Laughing Girl (1658)Jan Vermeer

Officer and Laughing Girl, also known as Officer and a Laughing Girl and Officer With a Laughing Girl, is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1657 and now in The Frick Collection in New York. The theme of a girl entertaining her suitor, already popular in Dutch art, was used...

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Jan Vermeer - Girl Reading a Letter at an Open WindowGirl Reading a Letter at an Open WindowJan Vermeer

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. Completed in approximately 1657–1659, the well-preserved painting is on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden. For many years, the attribution of the painting—which features a young Dutch woman r...

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Jan Vermeer - Lady with Her Maid Servant Holding a LetterLady with Her Maid Servant Holding a LetterJan Vermeer

Mistress and Maid, also known as Lady with her Maidservant Holding a Letter is a painting finished in 1667/68 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Frick Collection, New York.

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Jan Vermeer - Girl with a PearlGirl with a PearlJan Vermeer

One of Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. It is sometimes referred to as 'the Mona Lisa of the North' or 'the Dutch Mona Lisa'. This painting is signed 'IVMeer' but not dated. After the most recent restoration of the painting in 1994 the subtle col...