Johannes Vermeer was one of the masters of the Dutch Golden Age. He was born in Delft, Netherlands, in 1632 and died there at age 43, apparently quite broke. Only about 36 of his works survive.

The curious death of Jan Vermeer der Delft has in some part ... it was possible for people to forget the loss of an artist. The few of his paintings, about 40, which were not destroyed, remained ...

That’s one takeaway from “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry,” an exhibit (October 22 through January 21) at Washington’s National Gallery of Art.

An exhibition at the Sarasota Museum of Art, ‘Contemplating Vermeer’, highlights the art of experiencing art. The exhibition showcases museums and galleries from around the world, along with ...

Jan Vermeer van Haarlem's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 240 USD to 30,751 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2005 the ...

Experts have found a hidden jug holder and basket in Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famed painting The Milkmaid ... on the technique of the enigmatic artist, ahead of the largest ever exhibition ...

The scans also revealed that Vermeer made compositional changes during the painting process, such as the position of the ear. They also allowed researchers to trace where his pigments originated.

Oscar Fouz Lopez’s work sits comfortably in this tradition. For contemporary audiences, his work might be compared with that ...

She lived life on her own terms and demonstrated to a patriarchal art society that a woman could be a successful artist and single mother. [Robin Dishman] ...