Tag: Netherlands

Allegory of Faith (1670-1672)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Allegory of Faith (Allegorie op het geloof) 1670–1672 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch…

View of Delft (1660-1661)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) 1660–1661 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 115.7 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague View of Delft today: See also: • Delft (Netherlands)

The Lacemaker (1669-1670)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Lacemaker (De kantwerkster) 1669–1670 Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 24 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The motif of the lacemaker at work is traditionally a sign of domestic virtue, tinged with religious moralism (the…

Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring (Het meisje met de parel) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 39 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague The Girl with a Pearl Earring in Film: Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003 Director: Peter Webber…

Mauritshuis (The Hague)

Established: 1822 Location: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag Website: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

The Hague (Netherlands)

Museums: • Mauritshuis: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag Deaths: • Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677) • Tulp, Nicolaes (1593-1674) • Wtenbogaert, Johannes (1557-1644) The Hague in Art: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Huis ten Bosch from the East c.1668–1670 Metropolitan Museum of…

The Little Street (1658)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) 1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…