Little is known of the artist himself ... Today, of course, Vermeer is the very definition of Old Master accomplishment. But what is his best work? Below, we’ve offered our subjective take ...

A painting thought to be by Johannes Vermeer isn’t a Vermeer after all. The 17th-century Dutch master left behind few works, so take even one away and it’s a big deal.

A new investigation shows that “Girl with a Flute” is not from the hand of the Dutch master, although it was probably made in his studio. The painting had been donated as a Vermeer in 1942.

The pandemic gave researchers at the National Gallery of Art an opportunity to closely examine paintings by Johannes Vermeer. They discovered one was painted by someone else. The collection of ...

AMSTERDAM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Twenty eight paintings by Johannes Vermeer go on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam this week, the largest ever exhibition of works of the 17th-century Dutch ...

visiting the paintings once they return to their home museums. There are Vermeer “pilgrims” who travel the world to see all the Dutch master’s works in situ. Fortunately nearly all the 37 ...

The disparate realms of art and science have often converged in attempts to explicate the rarefied and indescribably beautiful paintings of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Revered by his fellow ...

The paintings of Johannes Vermeer, which depict middle-class domestic life in 17th century Holland, are like the rarest of gems. The artist is considered one of the greatest of the Dutch Masters — and ...

But the paintings themselves float above the ... “We have this impression of Vermeer being the master of these smooth, satiny surfaces, where you can’t identify individual brushstrokes ...

Another Vermeer painting, “The Concert,” hung in the ... a painter who produces pieces in the style of the 17th-century masters, creating replicas of paintings by Rembrandt and Ferdinand ...