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Jan Vermeer
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1632-1675
Johannes (or Jan) Vermeer is now recognized as one of the great Dutch painters, but while he was alive he could barely make ends meet, and his artistic achievement was almost entirely ignored for 200 years after his death. Little is known about his personal life, other than he died poor and young and left behind a wife and eleven children. Vermeer is admired for his realistic style, his subtle use of color and light and his unusual and inventive brush technique, but fewer than forty of his paintings exist. His most famous works include domestic scenes such as Girl With a Peal Earring (1665) and The Music Lesson (1662-65), and tranquil landscapes such as The Little Street (1657-58) and View of Delft (1659-60). Although his actual birth and death dates are unknown, Vermeer was baptized 31 October 1632 and buried 15 December 1675... During his career he used the names Johannes van der Meer, Johannes Vermeer and Jan Vermeer
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Painting ID:: 10265
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
1657
Oil on canvas,
83 x 64,5 cm
Gemaldegalerie
Dresden
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Painting ID:: 10266
The Little Street
1657Oil on canvas
54,3 x 44 cm
Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 10267
Officer with a Laughing Girl
1657
Oil on canvas,
50,5 x 46 cm
Frick Collection,
New York
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Painting ID:: 10268
The Milkmaid
1658Oil on canvas
45,5 x 41 cm
Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 10269
Lady Drinking and a Gentleman
1658
Oil on canvas
66,3 x 76,5 cm
Staatliche Museen
Berlin
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Jan Vermeer
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1632-1675
Johannes (or Jan) Vermeer is now recognized as one of the great Dutch painters, but while he was alive he could barely make ends meet, and his artistic achievement was almost entirely ignored for 200 years after his death. Little is known about his personal life, other than he died poor and young and left behind a wife and eleven children. Vermeer is admired for his realistic style, his subtle use of color and light and his unusual and inventive brush technique, but fewer than forty of his paintings exist. His most famous works include domestic scenes such as Girl With a Peal Earring (1665) and The Music Lesson (1662-65), and tranquil landscapes such as The Little Street (1657-58) and View of Delft (1659-60). Although his actual birth and death dates are unknown, Vermeer was baptized 31 October 1632 and buried 15 December 1675... During his career he used the names Johannes van der Meer, Johannes Vermeer and Jan Vermeer
. Related Artists to Jan Vermeer: | Alonso Vazquez | Simone Peterzano | Melbourne Hardwick | Colman Samuel | August Ludwig Erhard Boll |
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