Johannes Vermeer



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 MusicBrainz: 3a0fcc05-3037-4d26-8358-69138b8f00de WGA: v/vermeer Open Library: OL134473A GND: 118626590 SELIBR: 99582 SUDOC: 027336336 BNF: 11940023b BPN: 41717663 NDL: 00459685 BIBSYS: 90170004 NKC: jn20000701890 SBN: RAVV025546 BNE: XX914312 CiNii: DA00375717 NLP: a0000001813082 KulturNav: 38475684-4786-4ef6-bd3c-ab11b02b6a2f RKD: 80476 J9U: 987007269687705171 Koninklijke: 068676581 NLK: KAC201719233 WorldCat

1653-1656 Diana and her Nymphs, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, The Procuress

Diana and her Nymphs
circa 1653–1654
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

97.8 × 104.6 cm
The Hague, Mauritshuis
Attributed to Johannes Vermeer (after Felice Ficherelli). Saint Praxedis. 1655. oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
. 101.6 × 82.6 cm.
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
circa 1654–1656
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

158.5 × 141.5 cm
National Galleries Scotland
The Procuress
, 1656
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

143 × 130 cm
Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

1657-1659 A Girl Asleep, Officer and Laughing Girl, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

A Girl Asleep
circa 1656–1657
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

87.6 × 76.5 cm
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Officer and Laughing Girl
circa 1657
date QS:P,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

50.5 × 46 cm
New York, The Frick Collection
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
circa 1657–1659
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

83 × 64.5 cm
Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

View of Houses in Delft, known as ‘The Little Street’

circa 1657–1658
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

54.3 × 44 cm
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Detail

The Milkmaid

circa 1660
date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

45.5 × 41 cm
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Details

The glass of wine

circa 1658–1660
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

66.3 × 76.5 cm
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

Other version

before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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The girl with a wineglass

File: Jan Vermeer van Delft 006.jpg

circa 1659–1660
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

78 × 67 cm
Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Girl interrupted at her music

File: Vermeer Girl Interrupted at Her Music.jpg

circa 1658–1661
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

39.4× 44.5 cm
New York, The Frick Collection
Henry Clay Frick Bequest

View on Delft

circa 1660–1661
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

96.5 × 117.5 cm
The Hague, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

Other versions

circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.

Details

A lady at the virginals with a gentleman, known as ‘The Music Lesson’

Files: Johannes Vermeer - Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, 'The Music Lesson' - Google Art Project.jpg and Vermeer's The Music Lesson.jpg

circa 1662–1665
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

73.3 × 64.5 cm
Windsor/London, The Royal Collection

Other version

1 January 2009 (?).

Woman Reading a Letter

Files: Vermeer, Johannes - Woman reading a letter - ca. 1662-1663.jpg and Woman in Blue - Jan Vermeer van Delft.png

circa 1662–1663
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

46.5 × 39 cm
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Woman holding a balance

circa 1662–1665
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

39.7 × 35.5 cm
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
Widener Collection

Other versions

before 29 May 2008
date QS:P,+2008-05-29T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2008-05-29T00:00:00Z/11
.
before 12 March 2009
date QS:P,+2009-03-12T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2009-03-12T00:00:00Z/11
.
16 January 2010.

Young woman with a water pitcher

circa 1662–1665
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

45.7 × 40.6 cm
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Marquand Collection

Details

Woman with a lute

File: Vermeer - Woman with a Lute near a window.jpg

circa 1662–1664
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

51.4 × 45.7 cm
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a pearl necklace

Files: Jan Vermeer van Delft 008.jpg and The Pearl Necklace - Jan Vermeer van Delft.png

circa 1660–1665
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

55 × 45 cm
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

A lady writing

Files: Johannes Vermeer - A lady writing (c 1665-1666).jpg and Vermeer A Lady Writing.jpg

circa 1665–1666
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

45 × 39.9 cm
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art

Other version

before 4 March 2007
date QS:P,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/11
.

Girl with the red hat

File: Vermeer - Girl with a Red Hat.JPG

circa 1665–1667
oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259

22.8 × 18 cm
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Girl with a flute

Files: Jan Vermeer van Delft 020.jpg, Johannes Vermeer - Girl with a flute (c 1665-1670).jpg and Jan Vermeer van Delft 020.jpg

circa 1665–1670
oil on oak wood
20 × 17.5 cm
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
Widener Collection

Other version

before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.

=== The Girl with a Pearl Earring

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circa 1665
date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

46.5 × 40 cm
The Hague, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

Other versions

circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
.
before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.

The concert

Files: Vermeer The Concert.jpg and Vermeer The concert.JPG

circa 1663–1666
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

72.5 × 64.7 cm
Present whereabouts unknown

Other version

before 18 March 1990
date QS:P,+1990-03-18T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1990-03-18T00:00:00Z/11
.

The Art of Painting

circa 1666–1668
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

120 × 100 cm
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Details

Study of a young woman

File: Vermeer-Portrait of a Young Woman.jpg

circa 1665–1667
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

44.5 × 40 cm
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mistress and maid

File: Vermeer Lady Maidservant Holding Letter.jpg

circa 1666–1667
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

90.2 × 78.4 cm
New York, The Frick Collection
Henry Clay Frick Bequest

The astronomer

File: Johannes Vermeer - The Astronomer - 1668.jpg

1668
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

51.5 × 45.5 cm
Paris, Musée du Louvre

Other version

before 14 September 2006
date QS:P,+2006-09-14T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2006-09-14T00:00:00Z/11
.

The geographer

Files: Jan Vermeer van Delft 009.jpg, Jan Vermeer - The Geographer.JPG and The Geographer.jpg

circa 1668–1669
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

53 × 46.5 cm
Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum

Other versions

before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.
before 23 July 2005
date QS:P,+2005-07-23T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2005-07-23T00:00:00Z/11
.

The lacemaker

Files: Jan Vermeer van Delft 016.jpg, Johannes Vermeer - The lacemaker (c.1669-1671).jpg and The Lace Maker - Jan Vermeer van Delft.png

circa 1669–1671
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

24 × 21 cm
Paris, Musée du Louvre

Other version

before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.

The Loveletter

Files: Vermeer, Johannes - The Loveletter.jpg and The Love Letter - Jan Vermeer van Delft.png

circa 1669–1670
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

44 × 38.5 cm
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Young woman playing a guitar

File: Jan Vermeer van Delft 013.jpg

circa 1670–1672
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

53 × 46.3 cm
London, Kenwood House
Iveagh Bequest

Lady writing a letter with her maid

File: DublinVermeer.jpg

circa 1670–1671
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

71.1 × 58.4 cm
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

circa 1670
date QS:P,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

114.3 × 88.9 cm
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Friedsam Collection

Other versions

circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
.
before 4 March 2007
date QS:P,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/11
.
23 October 2008.

A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal

circa 1670–1672
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

51.7 × 45.2 cm
London, The National Gallery

Other version

28 May 2010.

Detail

A young woman seated at a virginal

circa 1670–1672
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

51.5 × 45.5 cm
London, The National Gallery
Salting Bequest

Other versions

before 2002
date QS:P,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2002-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
.
before 4 March 2007
date QS:P,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2007-03-04T00:00:00Z/11
.

Detail

A young woman seated at the virginals

Files: Vermeer - A young Woman seated at the Virginals.jpg and Vermeer virginal.jpg

circa 1670–1672
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

25.2 × 20 cm
New York, private collection

Other version

before 12 March 2007
date QS:P,+2007-03-12T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2007-03-12T00:00:00Z/11
.

Forgeries

Young Woman Reading. circa 1925–1927. oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
. 19.7 × 14.6 cm. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Documentation

Huis Mechelen, Markt, Delft, Vermeer’s birth house. circa 1730
date QS:P,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
.
OMTRENT DEZE PLAATS / HEEFT HET HUIS „MECHELEN” / GESTAAN WAAR OCTOBER 1632 / WERD GEBOREN / JAN VERMEER / DE SCHILDER
Signatures of Johannes Vermeer and Catharina Bolnes. 14 December 1655.
CATALOGUS / VAN / SCHILDERYEN, / Van Hendrik Sorgh, verkogt den 28. Maert, 1720. / in Amsterdam. / [...] / 3 Een Astrologist: door Vermeer van Delft, extra puyk. / 4 Een weerga, van ditto, niet minder. / 160 - 0
Jan Rink. De Minister P. Rink en de melkmeid uit de collectie-Six. November 1907.
Announcement dated 21 March 1990 on stolen masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, including ‘Vermeer’s The Concert’.

Johannes Vermeer

1653-1656 Diana and her Nymphs, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, The Procuress

1657-1659 A Girl Asleep, Officer and Laughing Girl, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

View of Houses in Delft, known as ‘The Little Street’

Detail

The Milkmaid

Details

The glass of wine

Other version

The girl with a wineglass

Girl interrupted at her music

View on Delft

Other versions

Details

A lady at the virginals with a gentleman, known as ‘The Music Lesson’

Other version

Woman Reading a Letter

Woman holding a balance

Other versions

Young woman with a water pitcher

Details

Woman with a lute

Woman with a pearl necklace

A lady writing

Other version

Girl with the red hat

Girl with a flute

Other version

Other versions

The concert

Other version

The Art of Painting

Details

Study of a young woman

Mistress and maid

The astronomer

Other version

The geographer

Other versions

The lacemaker

Other version

The Loveletter

Young woman playing a guitar

Lady writing a letter with her maid

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

Other versions

A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal

Other version

Detail

A young woman seated at a virginal

Other versions

Detail

A young woman seated at the virginals

Other version

Forgeries

Documentation

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