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Of the two paintings in the background, the one on the right is The Procuress by Dirck Van Baburen (c. 1622), which belonged to Vermeer's mother-in-law, Maria Thins. The work also appears in his Lady Seated at a Virginal, probably painted some six years after The Concert. The painting on the left is a wild pastoral landscape.
The Concert: 1665–66: Oil on canvas, 72.5 × 64.7 cm Missing since its theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston in 1990 [14] Portrait of a Young Woman, also known as Study of a Young Woman: 1666–67 or c. 1665–67 [8] Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Allegory of Painting, also known as The ...
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.
"EXHIBITION" Cinema Event Showcases Renowned Artists Manet, Munch and Vermeer in Art Collection Tour Presented by NCM Fathom Events, BY Experience and PhilGrabskyFilms.com, Event Series Features ...
The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively valued at $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Vermeer's The Concert, which is considered to be the most valuable stolen painting in the world. A reward of $10,000,000 is still ...
One of these paintings was owned by Vermeer's mother-in-law, and it may have been an influence on one of his own early paintings on a similar subject, also known as The Procuress (1656). [2] It also appears in the background of two of Vermeer's later paintings, The Concert (c.1664) and Lady Seated at a Virginal (c.1670). In both of these later ...
The Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting (Dutch: Allegorie op de schilderkunst), or Painter in his Studio, is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is owned by the Austrian Republic and is on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. [1]
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