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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:: 10286
The Astronomer
1668Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cmLouvre
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Painting ID:: 10287
The Geographer
1668Oil on canvas
53 x 46,6 cm
Stadelsches
Kunstinstitut,
Frankfurt
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Painting ID:: 10288
The Lacemaker
1669Oil on canvas
23.9x20.5cmLouvre
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Painting ID:: 10289
The Love Letter
1667Oil on canvas
44 x 38,5 cm
Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 10290
Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid
1670
Oil on canvas,
72,2 x 59,7 cm
National Gallery
of Ireland, Dublin
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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: | Girolamo Parmigianino | Stefano Torelli | Luca Carlevarijs | Barthel Bruyn the Elder | Victor Borisov-Musatov |
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