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

Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” painting.

A new exhibit at The Frick musuem reveals Vermeer's portraits of women exchanging letters, reflecting their inner lives and the artist's struggles. The light of a soft winter sun illuminates the faces ...

In the photo marks appear around the woman’s head, while a slash runs from her hair to the bottom of her face The damage from an unsolved attack to a Johannes Vermeer painting at the National Gallery ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. One of Johannes Vermeer’s most famous paintings, “The Guitar Player,” has gone on show ...

The Guitar Player by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, c.1672 - IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo The serene atmosphere of Kenwood House in Hampstead, home to one of the finest small collections ...

Secreted away beneath layers of paint in Johannes Vermeer’s “A Maid Asleep” (ca. 1657) sits a faceless man. The figure, now buried by rich, dark pigments in the top-right corner, was first detected in ...

The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs. By Deborah Solomon As a title for a museum exhibition, “Vermeer’s Love ...

Only 36 paintings by Johannes Vermeer are known, making it all the more delicious that the newly renovated Frick Collection has added two works — albeit temporarily — to its horde of three acquired by ...

Johannes Vermeer, Mistress and Maid, ca. 1664-67; oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 31 in. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr., coutesy of the Frick Collection A woman sits on the right, clad in a fur-trimmed yellow coat, ...

It’s not often that art lovers have the chance to walk through a room full of paintings by the great Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. After all, there are only about 35 of his pieces still in existence, ...