Allegories painted by Johannes Vermeer

Though Johannes Vermeer is famous for a new level of realism in his paintings, he had also several paintings containing deep allegories, sometimes even complex symbolism. Reason enough to sort them in a special category.

"The Art of Painting", also: "The Allegory of Painting" or "The Painter in his Studio" - by Johannes Vermeer

"The Allegory of Painting" by Johannes (Jan) Vermeer is also known as either "The Art of Painting" or sometimes as "The Painter in his Studio".

The Art of Painting is a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer and known also as The Allegory of Painting or, less common, the Painter in his Studio. Vermeer executed it as oil on canvas with the dimensions 130 cm × 110 cm, i.e. 51 in × 43 in and is, thus, the largest painting by [...]

Allegory of the (Catholic) Faith - Painting by Jan Johannes Vermeer

Jan Johannes Vermeer: The Allegory of the Faith. The painting is sometimes also known as Allegory of the Catholic Faith.

The Allegory of Faith, sometimes also entitled Allegory of the Catholic Faith is a larger painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, having the dimensions 114.3 cm × 88.9 cm; i.e. 45.0 in × 35.0 in. As most of Vermeer’s paintings it is not dated and estimates vary between 1670 and 1672. Just as The [...]