A very small creation of his was a View in Delft painted in 1652 — a miniature but slightly dizzymaking prospect. A man sits at an outside stall displaying two stringed instruments and contemplates ...

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 ...

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 ...

DELFT, the Netherlands – The inn where Johannes Vermeer was born is long gone, the building replaced by one now with a shuttered computer store. His house and studio were demolished more than a ...

Johannes Vermeer had only been rediscovered a few years earlier in Van Gogh’s time—but Vincent and his brother Theo were early enthusiasts. Théophile Thoré-Bürger, the French critic who made the Delft ...

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 ...

The career of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer spans just 20 years, during which he produced fewer than 40 known paintings. Born in the small but artistically vibrant city of Delft, he ...

The crime remains unsolved, and the Gardner staff keeps the empty frames on view, a poignant reminder of the loss. Vermeer's painting may never be seen again, returned to the obscurity in which the ...