Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer is known for creating iconic works like Girl With a Pearl Earring. But it was his View of Delft that French novelist Marcel Proust deemed “the most beautiful ...

NEW YORK -- Jan Vermeer is back, this time in context. The acclaimed exhibition of 20 paintings by the 17th-century Dutch master at the National Gallery of Art in 1995-96 presented him in glorious ...

Noted sky experts led by a Texas State University astronomer have put their heads together to analyze the specific time a masterpiece was painted. The group is made of retired and emeritus professors ...

Take a walk through the old town to the Vermeer Centre to get a feel of what Delft was like at the time of the famous Baroque ...

The enduring appeal of Johannes Vermeer-a new exhibition of his paintings has proved a runaway success at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and transfers to London’s National Gallery in June-is ...

It’s the largest-ever gathering of luminous masterpieces by the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the acclaim is as loud as the exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is memorable. A once ...

The enduring appeal of Johannes Vermeer — a new exhibition of his paintings has just proved a runaway success at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and transfers to London’s National Gallery this ...

AMSTERDAM — Some art lovers make it a mission to visit and view as many works as possible by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Starting Friday, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is making their ...

A young woman in a blue night jacket reads a letter that she holds up to her chest. The morning light glints on the metal tacks in her chairs. Her lips are slightly parted, as if she is murmuring the ...

Visitors look at the painting “Mistress and Maid” during the opening of the Johannes Vermeer exhibition in the Rijksmuseum. ANP/AFP via Getty Images The Rijksmuseum show featured 28 of the 36 known ...