Johannes Vermeer
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he wa
Detail of the painting The Procuress (c. 1656), believed to be a self-portrait by Vermeer
Replica of the St. Luke Guildhouse on Voldersgracht in Delft
A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654, by Egbert van der Poel
View of Delft (1660–1661): "He took a turbulent reality, and made it look like Heaven on earth."
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it acquired its present title towards the end of th
Johannes Vermeer
…Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick, Germany The Music Lesson or A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (c. 1662–1665), Royal Collection in London Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665), considered a Vermeer masterpiece, Mauritshuis in Den Haag Girl with the Red Hat (c. 1665–1666), National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C…
1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Mauritshuis in The Hague, 2011, showing a representation of the painting at right