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.

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.

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 ...

The town, the house, the voyeur. Born in 1632 and died in 1675, Vermeer is considered the most enigmatic of the Dutch masters because, aside from his known canvases, there’s nothing of him to ...