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.

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.

The show is 2023’s hot travel ticket, but to truly appreciate the Dutch master’s paintings, hop a train to his nearby hometown of Delft, where his life and work really come into focus ...

Vermeer’s grave marker Photo: Imane Rachidi. One of the stops on the walking tour is the Oude Kerk where Vermeer is buried. The church is hosting its own Vermeer exhibition, a photo series of his ...

Nothing quite prepares you for how diminutive Johannes Vermeer’s home turf was. The plaintive cries of the seagulls won’t do it, as you leave Delft’s railway station and wonder where all the ...

‘View of Delft’, Johannes Vermeer, 1660-61, oil on canvas (Mauritshuis, The Hague) When his father died in 1652, Vermeer inherited his inn, and in 1653 he married Catharina Bolnes, who went on ...

Delft is home to the St Luke’s Guild in Delft, with which Vermeer first registered as a master at the very beginning of his career in 1653, which is now the city’s Vermeer Center.

Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (1664-67) ... The Little Street (1658-59), a typical Delft house, with women sewing and sweeping and children playing in the street.

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.

Johannes Vermeer, extract from View of Houses in Delft (known as The Little Street), 1658–59. Image: Rijksmuseum ... Sounds like a crime scene—and a grim one at that—but actually it’s a few lines from ...