The facades of two red brick houses stand out against a cloudy sky. In a narrow passageway between them a housemaid bends over a container, framed by a doorway. She's been scrubbing; the water is ...
What you need to knowThe National Gallery's summer exhibition, Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure has opened to the public. The exhibition displays key works of 17th century Dutch painter ...
Van Ruijven died in 1674, Vermeer the following year, Maria in 1681, and Magdalena passed away in 1682. Of course, there are ...
The restoration of a 17th-century portrait by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer has uncovered a large portrait of Cupid in its background where once only a bare white wall stood. The painting, Girl ...
This remarkable exhibition is a unique chance to see together in one location 12 of Johannes Vermeer’s most precious paintings - about one-third of the entire surviving body of his work - alongside ...
What connects a favorite Aimee Mann song, a classic memoir and a Vermeer painting in the Frick Collection? The answer was there all along. By Paul Karasik The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites ...
The subject of the documentary “Tim’s Vermeer” isn’t Johannes Vermeer, the 17th century Dutch artist renowned for his luminescent paintings. The true protagonist of the movie is Tim -- Tim Jenison, ...