Take a walk through the old town to the Vermeer Centre to get a feel of what Delft was like at the time of the famous Baroque artist.

On a frosty morning in early February, I walked from the train station past coffee houses bustling with locals and shops to the Oude Delft, the city’s oldest canal.

Following the Rijksmuseum’s landmark Vermeer exhibition, a new book delves deep into the painter's oeuvre and reception.

Vermeer’s Delft (10 February-4 June) includes more than 100 objects relating to the artist’s personal life, the artistic climate in the city and its socio-economic climate.

New research published Thursday reveals that Johannes Vermeer initially painted the house in The Little Street with a closed ...

While all the attention is on the new Johannes Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam, the 17th-century painter’s hometown of Delft has an exhibition of its own, focusing on the life and background of one ...

The world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring was most likely not commissioned by Vermeer’s male patron, but by the man’s wife, ...

It's the world's largest-ever gathering of masterpieces by the enigmatic Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer: A highly-anticipated show not to be missed.

First, his magisterial View of Delft (1660-61) reminding us of where he is from, and just how masterful a painter he is, and then, to one side, The Little Street (1658-59), a typical Delft house ...

The Little Street, Delft The Little Street (number 76) is the house from the Dutch town of Delft that appears in a painting by Johannes Vermeer on display in the Rijksmuseum.

“Delft really was the artistic hotspot of the Dutch Republic.” A family business and a wealthy wife enabled Vermeer to paint to please himself rather than pandering to the art market.