The Art, Paintings and Life of Jan Vermeer "Van Delft"
The first paintings by Vermeer were history paintings, the most appreciated genre during his lifetime. However, historical paintings included back then also the depiction of biblical or mythological subjects. Vermeer’s history paintings tend to be executed on a larger canvas, but probably Vermeer could not use those subjects to well for the effects with light, his paintings are most famous for.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Milkmaid, sometimes also »The Kitchen Maid« is a painting by the Dutch painter and artist Johannes (Jan) Vermeer. The painting was executed as oil on canvas, having the dimensions 45,5x 41 cm, i.e. … • Read More »