Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who lived in the 1600s and specialized in provincial genre art, which depicts everyday scenes in life. Much like his fellow painter Rembrandt, he never traveled abroad despite being an avid art collector and dealer. Like many other Golden Age Dutch Painters, Johannes Vermeer devoted his life to the creation, collection and admiration of art. He was renowned for his masterful use and treatment of light in his paintings, but nonetheless maintained only modest celebrity during his lifetime, and remained an obscure artist even after his passing. It was only in the 19th century that his work began to gain immense fame, starting with his most famous fainting, The Girl With A Pearl Earring. These are the many other works of this esteemed artist from the 17th century.
1. Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, now in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
2. Diana and Her Companions, now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
3. The Procuress, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Saxony
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
4. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
5. A Girl Asleep, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
6. The Little Street, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
7. Officer with a Laughing Girl, now in the Frick Collection, New York
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
8. The Milkmaid, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
9. The Wine Glass, also known as A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
10. View of Delft, now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
11. Woman Reading a Letter, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
12. The Music Lesson, now in the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, England
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
13. Woman with a Lute, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
14. The Concert, missing since its theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston in 1990
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
15. Mistress and Maid, now in the Frick Collection, New York
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
16. The Allegory of Painting, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
17. The Astronomer, now in the Louvre, Paris
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
18. The Geographer, now in the Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
19. The Allegory of Faith, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
20. Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
21. The Lacemaker, now in the Louvre, Paris
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
22. The Guitar Player, now in the Kenwood House, London
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
23. Woman with a Pearl Necklace, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
24. Lady Seated at a Virginal, now in the National Gallery, London
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
25. The Love Letter, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(By Johannes Vermeer, Wikimedia Commons)
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