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NEW YORK -- Jan Vermeer is back, this time in context. The acclaimed exhibition of 20 paintings by the 17th-century Dutch master at the National Gallery of Art in 1995-96 presented him in glorious ...
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.
So it was in a small house in the Doelenstraat, a narrow street in the north-east of the city, close to the archery butts and headquarters of the city militia and to the former convent of the Poor ...
We don't know who the Girl in Johannes Vermeer's 1665 masterpiece Girl With The Pearl Earring was, but the artist's 17th-century home town is still intact.
People have been frantically searching for it for nearly a hundred years. Since 1921, when the painting View of Houses in Delft by Johannes Vermeer came into possession of the Rijksmuseum, there ...
View of houses in Delft, known as "The Little Street," c. 1658 Johannes Vermeer Armed with the address, the experts can now fill in a few more details about this little street in Delft.
New analysis prompts rethinking of date, time for Vermeer’s View of Delft. The scene most likely shows the city on September 3 or 4, 1659 (or earlier), at 8am.
DELFT, Netherlands You don’t have to be in Delft long to see what inspired Johannes Vermeer. Meandering across bridges that stretch over canals and past storefronts and slender houses, the ...
Following the Rijksmuseum’s landmark Vermeer exhibition, a new book delves deep into the painter's oeuvre and reception.
Travel; Heading to Amsterdam’s Blockbuster ‘Vermeer’ Exhibit? Don’t Skip This Day Trip The show is 2023’s hot travel ticket, but to truly appreciate the Dutch master’s paintings, hop a ...