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.

Last week such connoisseurs took note, with panic or delight, of a controversy which concerned a painting called The Guitar Player, executed long ago by famed Jan Vermeer der Delft; a painting of ...

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 ...

Paintings within paintings hang on walls ... including Gabriel Metsu and Jan Steen. It brings together Vermeer’s The Astronomer from the Louvre and his Geographer from Frankfurt’s Städel ...

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.

Experts have found a hidden jug holder and basket in Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famed painting The Milkmaid which he later painted over, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum said on Thursday. The ...

Joe Fig’s exhibition at the Sarasota Museum of Art, ‘Contemplating Vermeer’ highlights the art of experiencing art.