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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. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age.
The Geographer (Dutch: De geograaf) is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1668–1669, and is now in the collection of the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany. It is closely related to Vermeer's The Astronomer , for instance using the same model in the same dress, and has sometimes been considered a pendant painting to it.
X-ray examination of the painting in the 21st century revealed an image on the wall behind the girl. Further work by conservator Christoph Schölzel in 2017 revealed that varnish on that part of the painting differed from the rest of the painting, and was clearly applied after Vermeer died. [3]
Vermeer, Johannes (Delft 1632 – Delft 1675) Vermeer van Haarlem, Jan (I) (Haarlem 1628 – Haarlem 1691) Vermeer van Haarlem, Jan (II) (Haarlem 1656 – Haarlem 1705) Vermeer van Utrecht (Schipluiden 1630 – Vreeswijk 1695/97) Verschuier, Lieve (Rotterdam 1627 – Rotterdam 1686) Verschuring, Hendrick (Gorinchem 1627 – Dordrecht 1690)
Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period [3] painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life. His works have been a common theme in literature and films in popular culture since the rediscovery of his works by 20th century art scholars.
Johannes Vermeer, View of Delft (1660-61), oil on canvas, 96.5 × 117.5 cm; a painting once owned by Van Ruijven Pieter Claeszoon van Ruijven (December 1624 – 7 August 1674) has been known as Johannes Vermeer's main patron for the better part of the artist's career, but in 2023 his wife Maria de Knuijt was identified by the curators of the 2023 exhibition of Vermeer's works at the ...
De Knuijt and her husband Pieter patronized the arts and were buyers of the works of Johannes Vermeer. [5] According to curators of a retrospective (10 February 2023 – 4 June 2023) of Vermeer's work at the national museum, Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, de Knuijt was his main patron. She was a close neighbor when Vermeer was a child, and was more ...
Detail of the painting The Procuress (c. 1656), proposed self portrait by Vermeer [1] The following is a list of paintings by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), a Dutch Golden Age painter. After two or three early history paintings, he concentrated almost entirely on genre works, typically interiors with one or two figures. Vermeer's paintings of ...