Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Brieflezend meisje bij het venster) c.1657–1659 Oil on canvas, 83 x 64.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (c.1657-1659)
Tag: Vermeer
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Opened: 1855 Address: Theaterplatz 1, Semperbau am Zwinger, 01067 Dresden, Germany Website: https://gemaeldegalerie.skd.museum/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…
Officer and Laughing Girl (c.1657)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Officer and Laughing Girl (De soldaat en het lachende meisje) c.1657 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 cm Frick Collection, New York In what may be one of the first works of his mature style, Vermeer transforms the…
Girl interrupted at Her Music (c.1658-1659)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl interrupted at Her Music (Onderbreking van de muziek) c.1658–1659 Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 44.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes, was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. In…
The Geographer (1669)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Geographer (De geograaf) 1669 Oil on canvas, 52 x 45 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt The geographer has just been measuring distances on a map with his compass; now, he pauses for thought. The globe and the map…
Städel Museum (Frankfurt)
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Founded: 1815 Address: Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Website: https://www.staedelmuseum.de/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…
The Concert (1663-1666)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Concert (Het concert) 1663–1666 Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 64.7 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston In a pristine domestic parlor, two women and a man concentrate on making music. The standing woman holds a sheet of…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)
Founded: 1903 Address: 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, United States Website: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ 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…
The Astronomer (1668)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Astronomer (De astronoom) 1668 Oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Celestial globe by J. Hondius (1600) and astronomy manual by Metius (1621) opening to the chapter devoted to the stars, with engraving…
The Art of Painting (c.1666-1668)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Marked on the lower border strip of the map: I Ver-Meer Inscribed on the top border of the map: NOVA…