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Johannes Vermeer was born to Reynier Jansz, who was a weaver producing a fine satin fabric called caffa and was also an art dealer. The family was sufficiently prosperous. Vermeer later married Catherina Bolnes, a young Catholic, with whom he had 15 children (four died in infancy or childhood).
Johannes Vermeer (/ v ər ˈ m ɪər, v ər ˈ m ɛər / vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəs fərˈmeːr]; see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.
Johannes Vermeer was born the in the mercantile Dutch town of Delft in October 1632 to a middle-class family. His father Reijnier Jansz was a hardworking cloth weaver turned innkeeper, and then art dealer.
However, Vermeer’s mature interest in naturalistic effects, his carefully balanced compositions, and his domestic subjects derive from numerous sources in Delft and the south Holland area. As the painter worked on a picture, the world of art was constantly tested against direct observation.
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a renowned Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Born in Delft, Netherlands, Vermeer was the son of a Protestant art dealer who trained as an artist but fell in love with a Catholic girl, Catharina Bolnes.
Reynier Vermeer produced caffa, a fine satin fabric. This may be why we see so many fine fabrics in his son’s paintings. Reynier also became an art dealer the year before Johannes was born. When Reynier Vermeer died in 1652, Johannes inherited his business.
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is often considered to be one of the ‘pearls’ amongst 17th-century Dutch painters. He was born in Delft, a city in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands....