He's considered one of the greatest artists of the Dutch Golden Age, but it took centuries for art historians to rediscover him and his delicate touch. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET ...

Van Ruijven died in 1674, Vermeer the following year, Maria in 1681, and Magdalena passed away in 1682. Of course, there are ...

May 28—The intimate, scenes-of-daily-life paintings of the 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675 ) have been considered masterworks since his work was "rediscovered " by European art ...

Researchers believe "Girl with a Flute" could not have been painted by Vermeer because it lacked his precision and paint application. Praised for being a lone genius, Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will unite two iconic paintings from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer early next year — The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid. In an unprecedented ...

Running to March 29, features 76 works from the world's largest private collection Dutch Golden Age art, and includes names ...

For generations, art historians believed Johannes Vermeer was a perfectionist who worked very slowly—a theory supported by his precisely placed brush strokes and relatively limited career output. But ...

They called him the Sphinx of Delft. He was one of art’s most enigmatic figures, a painter whose serene interiors concealed ...

Praised for being a lone genius, Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is now believed to have had an associate — possibly an assistant or a student — who painted one of his most iconic works. The discovery ...

A team of curators, conservators and scientists from the National Gallery of Art say Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Flute was actually painted by... Praised for being a lone genius, Dutch artist ...