Vermeer's curtain is an allusion to this renowned story to symbolise his skill and force us to question art's exploration of illusion and reality. The room is cold and humble, with damp spots on ...

The room is viewed through a doorway, partly framed by a tapestry drape. This early Vermeer is his only mythological painting, depicting the goddess of hunting having her feet washed by one of her ...

In his book, A Study of Vermeer, Edward Snow breaks down the symbolism: “A large baroque painting of the Last Judgment hangs conspicuously on the rear wall of the room, situating the woman ...

The gentlemen in Vermeer’s paintings have a curious role to play, as seen in these two paintings below. Still donning a cloak or a cape, these men appear to have just entered the room from the ...

Called The New Vermeer, the hit series ... Alferink does this through symbolism, painting lemons on the table, and a servant woman entering the room with a basket of peaches.

The exhibit roughly coincides with the Frick Collection's exhibit "Vermeer's Love Letters" on June 18 through Sept. 8, which ...

In particular, he revived an idea first floated in the 1920s that Vermeer made his paintings from inside a room-size camera obscura, a device that operates like a pinhole camera. The artist David ...

This painting, he believes, depicts a new sitter in the Vermeer household ... of his powers—the even tidal flow of light across the room; the intricate and contrasting treatment of the clothing ...

In Vermeer’s painting “The Studio,” the artist was festively attired, sitting in front of a freshly started canvas, painting. On the left side, a little apart from him, deeper into the room ...