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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:: 30919
Head of a Young Woman
mk68
c.1665
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Painting ID:: 33658
Street in Delft
mk86
c.1657/58
Oil on canvas
54.3x44cm
Amsterdam,Rijksmuseum
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Painting ID:: 33738
The Lacemaker
mk86
c.1665
Oil on canvas on panel
24x21cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Painting ID:: 33739
Woman Holding a Balance
mk86
c.1665
Oil on canvas
42x35.5cm
Washing,National Gallery of Art
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Painting ID:: 33740
View of Delft
mk86
c.1658-1660
Oil on canvas
98.5x117.5cm
The Hague,Mauritshuis
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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: | Giovanni Sodoma | Francisco Domingo Marques | Joseph Caraoud | Lorens Gottman | John Liston Byam Shaw |
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