Johannes Vermeer
One of the most talented painters in the Dutch Golden Age , 1632-1675 was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, using bright colours, sometimes expensive pigments, with a preference for cornflower blue. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. What strikes in most of his paintings is a certain love, which easily could be called a love sickness, for the people and the objects in his paintings. He created a world more perfect than any he had witnessed. After having been virtually forgotten for nearly one hundred years,
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Johannes Vermeer The Girl with a Wine Glass, oil painting


The Girl with a Wine Glass,
The Girl with a Wine Glass, 1660
Painting ID::  61435 		Johannes Vermeer
The Girl with a Wine Glass,
The Girl with a Wine Glass, 1660
   
   
     
Johannes Vermeer View of Delft, oil painting


View of Delft,
View of Delft, 1660-61
Painting ID::  61436 		Johannes Vermeer
View of Delft,
View of Delft, 1660-61
   
   
     
Johannes Vermeer Officer and a Laughing Girl, oil painting


Officer and a Laughing Girl,
Officer and a Laughing Girl, 1657-59
Painting ID::  61437 		Johannes Vermeer
Officer and a Laughing Girl,
Officer and a Laughing Girl, 1657-59
   
   
     
Johannes Vermeer The Little Street, oil painting


The Little Street,
The Little Street, 1657/58
Painting ID::  61438 		Johannes Vermeer
The Little Street,
The Little Street, 1657/58
   
   
     
Johannes Vermeer A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal with a painting of Dirck van Baburen in the background oil painting


A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal with a painting of Dirck van Baburen in the background
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal (1670) with a painting of Dirck van Baburen in the background
Painting ID::  61439 		Johannes Vermeer
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal with a painting of Dirck van Baburen in the background
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal (1670) with a painting of Dirck van Baburen in the background
   
   
     
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     One of the most talented painters in the Dutch Golden Age , 1632-1675 was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, using bright colours, sometimes expensive pigments, with a preference for cornflower blue. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. What strikes in most of his paintings is a certain love, which easily could be called a love sickness, for the people and the objects in his paintings. He created a world more perfect than any he had witnessed. After having been virtually forgotten for nearly one hundred years,

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