A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently ...

One of the most famous Dutch painters, Johannes Vermeer, had a diverse palette for art. From landscapes to daily activities, and from women to ordinary scenes, he captured it all. One thing ...

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring." The painting depicts a woman, but it's ...

Sitting in front of The Milkmaid (c1658-59), Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite, ... After the Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid is perhaps Vermeer’s most famous painting ...

Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is now on view at the Getty Center for its one and only North American appearance before heading back to Europe.

7. The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. We are continuing our list of most famous paintings in the world with this 1902 masterpiece by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer which is ...

Praised for being a lone genius, Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is now believed to have had an associate — possibly an assistant or a student — who painted one of his most iconic works.

A look at the first Vermeer painting sold in more than 80 years, its history, and the research involved in its attribution. Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal, c.1670, sold for ...

We think of Johannes Vermeer as a meticulous detailer of the everyday. But his paintings and those of his contemporaries have more to do with each other than life in the Dutch Republic, writes ...