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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:: 26852
The Art of Painting
mk52
1666-7
Oil on canvas
120x100cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna
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Painting ID:: 30583
Rotterdam Canal
mk68
Oil on canvas
The Hague,Mauritshuis
c.1660
Netherlands
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Painting ID:: 30591
Head of a Young Woman
mk68
Oil on canvas
The Hague,Mauritshuis
c.1665
Netherlands
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Painting ID:: 30593
The Lacemaker
mk68
1679
Dutch Seventeenth Century
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Painting ID:: 30594
Details of The Lacemaker
mk68
1679
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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: | Georg Weissmann | Smith Thomas | Cristiano Banti | Edvard Petersen | Francis Holman |
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