Paintings by Johannes Vermeer



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 MusicBrainz: 3a0fcc05-3037-4d26-8358-69138b8f00de WGA: v/vermeer Open Library: OL134473A GND: 118626590 SELIBR: 99582 SUDOC: 027336336 BNF: 11940023b BPN: 41717663 NDL: 00459685 BIBSYS: 90170004 NKC: jn20000701890 SBN: RAVV025546 BNE: XX914312 CiNii: DA00375717 NLP: a0000001813082 KulturNav: 38475684-4786-4ef6-bd3c-ab11b02b6a2f RKD: 80476 J9U: 987007269687705171 Koninklijke: 068676581 NLK: KAC201719233 WorldCat

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Paintings by Johannes Vermeer‎ (7 C, 1 P, 3 F)

Paintings misattributed to Jan Vermeer‎ (1 C)

Saint Praxedes by Johannes Vermeer‎ (4 F)

Paintings by Johannes Vermeer by title‎ (36 C)

A Maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer‎ (17 F)

Allegory of the Catholic Faith by Johannes Vermeer‎ (17 F)

The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer‎ (22 F)

The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer‎ (25 F)

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary attributed to Vermeer‎ (6 F)

The Concert by Johannes Vermeer‎ (10 F)

Diana and her companions by Johannes Vermeer‎ (11 F)

De geograaf (Vermeer)‎ (12 F)

Girl Interrupted at Her Music by Vermeer‎ (3 F)

Girl reading a letter at an open window by Johannes Vermeer‎ (16 F)

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer‎ (2 C, 1 P, 37 F)

Girl with a Red Hat (Vermeer)‎ (5 F)

The glass of wine by Johannes Vermeer‎ (1 C, 16 F)

The Guitar Player by Vermeer‎ (11 F)

The Lacemaker by Johannes Vermeer‎ (21 F)

Lady writing a letter with her maid (Vermeer)‎ (12 F)

A Lady Writing by Johannes Vermeer‎ (8 F)

A Lady and Two Gentlemen with a Glass of Wine by Vermeer‎ (8 F)

The Little Street by Johannes Vermeer‎ (25 F)

The Love Letter by Johannes Vermeer‎ (27 F)

Woman with a Lute by Johannes Vermeer‎ (7 F)

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer‎ (47 F)

Mistress and Maid (Vermeer)‎ (6 F)

The Music Lesson (Vermeer)‎ (10 F)

Officer with a Laughing Girl (Vermeer)‎ (9 F)

Portrait of a Young Woman with the Veil by Johannes Vermeer‎ (4 F)

The procuress by Johannes Vermeer‎ (9 F)

Saint Praxedes by Johannes Vermeer‎ (4 F)

View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer‎ (35 F)

Woman holding a balance by Johannes Vermeer‎ (10 F)

Woman Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer‎ (8 F)

A young woman seated at a virginal (London)‎ (10 F)

A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals (Vermeer)‎ (5 F)

A young woman standing at a virginal by Johannes Vermeer‎ (12 F)

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Johannes Vermeer‎ (15 F)

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher by Johannes Vermeer‎ (18 F)

Details of paintings by Johannes Vermeer‎ (2 C, 41 F)

Details of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer‎ (8 F)

The glass of wine by Johannes Vermeer - Details‎ (17 F)

Google Art Project works by Johannes Vermeer‎ (27 F)

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Framed paintings by Vermeer‎ (12 F)

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Paintings by Johannes Vermeer with fur‎ (9 C, 1 F)

The Concert by Johannes Vermeer‎ (10 F)

Girl with a Flute (Vermeer)‎ (4 F)

The Guitar Player by Vermeer‎ (11 F)

A Lady Writing by Johannes Vermeer‎ (8 F)

The Love Letter by Johannes Vermeer‎ (27 F)

Woman with a Lute by Johannes Vermeer‎ (7 F)

Mistress and Maid (Vermeer)‎ (6 F)

Woman holding a balance by Johannes Vermeer‎ (10 F)

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Johannes Vermeer‎ (15 F)

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label	description	inception	collection	inventory number	location	catalog code	RKDimages	described at URL	depicts	genre	height	width
Diana and her Nymphs	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Mauritshuis	406	Category:Mauritshuis - Room 15	3	14506	https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/kunstwerken/diana-en-haar-nimfen-406/ https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/01-early/03diana.html	Diana nymph woman dog rock tree	mythological painting	97.8	104.6
The Geographer	painting by Johannes Vermeer at Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany	1668	Städel Museum	1149	Städel Museum	66 5 87 1124 132	242357	https://staedelmuseum.de/go/ds/1149	compass geographer globe oriental rug Orientalism map interior space	portrait genre art	51.6	45.4
The Procuress	painting by Johannes Vermeer at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany	1656	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden	Gal.-Nr. 1335	Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister	41 4	242328	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/01-early/04procu.html	tavern Westerwald Pottery cittern	genre art	143	130
Saint Praxedis	painting attributed to Johannes Vermeer	1655	No/unknown value National Museum of Western Art	DEP.2014-0001	National Museum of Western Art	2	248806	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/01-early/02praxid.html https://collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/DEP.2014-0001.html	Praxedes	religious art	101.6	82.6
Woman with a Pearl Necklace	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Gemäldegalerie	912B	Gemäldegalerie	25 112 20	235517	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/19woman.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/19woman1.html https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-painting‘s-provenance-and-fate/LQKiKh4fYkcTJg?hl=de https://artsandculture.google.com/story/young-woman-with-a-pearl-necklace/HAJCxcJda1BfJg?hl=de https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/wd/kQFMVJh6zAXoxQ	pearl necklace woman window curtain picture frame chignon	genre art	55	45
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1664	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Museum	SK-C-251 SA 8335	Rijksmuseum	2527 31 75 129	24907	https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-C-251 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/18woman1.html	woman map of Holland and West Friesland letter	genre art	46.6	39.1
The Milkmaid	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1660	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-2344	Gallery of Honour	2527A1 62 17 75 73 2528a 70 43 8	24950	https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-2344 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02b/09milkm.html	coif pitcher platter bread basket table tablecloth wall window milk apron corsage skirt crock drapery big chest pumpernickel mirror bucket heating pad baseboard maid	genre art	45.5	41
Girl with a Pearl Earring	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1665	Mauritshuis	670	Mauritshuis	44	24956	https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/kunstwerken/meisje-met-de-parel-670/ https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/22pearl.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/22pearl1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/22pearl2.html https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/artworks/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-670/ http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.html	girl pearl earring scarf beauty	tronie	44.5	39
Woman with a Water Jug	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1660	Metropolitan Museum of Art	89.15.21	Metropolitan Museum of Art	19 203	242341	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/21wjug.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/21wjug1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/21wjug2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/21wjug3.html	woman jug window The Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands interior map pitcher	genre art portrait	45.7	40.6
The Allegory of Faith	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Metropolitan Museum of Art	32.100.18	Metropolitan Museum of Art	81 2 206	238478	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/33faith1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/33faith.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/33faith2.html	allegory terrestrial globe woman book Crucifixion of Jesus crucifix tapestry globe chalice checkerboard glass sphere chair snake blood apple interior Christ	allegory	114.3	88.9
Officer and Laughing Girl	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1658	The Frick Collection	1911.1.127	The Frick Collection	39 50	242334	http://collections.frick.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:275 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02b/08offic1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02b/08offic2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02b/08offic.html https://artsandculture.google.com/story/officer-and-laughing-girl/7AKChNYrkhvqJg http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/officer_and_laughing_girl.html	map of Holland and West Friesland man woman wine glass window	genre art	50.5	46
View of Delft	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Mauritshuis	92	Mauritshuis	48 13	52503	https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/kunstwerken/gezicht-op-delft-92/ https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/13view1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/13view2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/13view.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/13view3.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/13view4.html	sky cloud port Delft Schiedamse poort Rotterdamse Poort Kolk trekschuit trekvaart Nieuwe Kerk Delft specular reflection	cityscape	96.5	115.7
The Astronomer	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1664	Department of Paintings of the Louvre	RF 1983-28 1479 2609/1 RF 1983 28	Louvre Abu Dhabi Führermuseum Munich Central Collecting Point Jeu de Paume Nazi sorting house Louvre Museum Bergungsort Salzbergwerk Altaussee	139 65 6	209002	http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/l-astronome https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/28astro.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/28astro1.html https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=2609/1&suchen=Suchen	astronomer Globe céleste man astrology book scientific instrument carpet painting Moses Nile compass	genre art	50.8	46.3
The Little Street	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1657	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-2860	Rijksmuseum	2527A2 47 33 72 71	52501	https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-2860 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/07stree2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/07stree.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/07stree1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/07stree3.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/07stree4.html	street woman house Vlamingstraat	cityscape	54.3	44
The Art of Painting	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Kunsthistorisches Museum	GG_9128 1284 1096a	Niederländische, flämische und deutsche Malerei - Saal XII	8 35	242346	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/25artpa.html	painter art model allegory map sketchbook	genre art	120	100
Girl with a Red Hat	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1669	National Gallery of Art	1937.1.53	National Gallery of Art	46a	219092	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/27redhat.html	woman	portrait	22.8	18
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1670	National Gallery of Ireland	NGI.4535	National Gallery of Ireland	6 35 140 86	229222	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/32ladyw.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/32ladyw2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/32ladyw3.html	woman letter	genre art	71.1	58.4
A Girl Asleep	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1657	Metropolitan Museum of Art	14.40.611	Metropolitan Museum of Art	16 202 88	242332	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/05sleep.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/05sleep1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/05sleep2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/05sleep3.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/05sleep4.html	woman door sleep table ewer chair fruit fruit bowl interior fruit domestic worker	genre art	87.6	76.5
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window	painting by Johannes Vermeer at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany	160s	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden	Gal.-Nr. 1336	Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister	34 10.7	224949	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02a/06gread.html	girl letter window Cupid	genre art	83	64.5
The Love Letter	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1668	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-1595	Rijksmuseum	2528 76 32 74	24906	https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-1595 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/31lovel.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/31lovel1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/31lovel2.html	woman musician string instrument painting love letter map of Holland and West Friesland	genre art	44	38.5
The Wine Glass	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s 16th century	Gemäldegalerie	912C	Gemäldegalerie	111 37	242337	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink0.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink3.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/11drink4.html	courtship drinking stained glass window picture frame chair man woman wine glass tablecloth	genre art	67.7	79.6
Woman with a Lute	painting of Johannes Vermeer	1662	Metropolitan Museum of Art	25.110.24	Metropolitan Museum of Art	20 204	242600	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/17lute1.html	lute woman musician Europae nova descriptio window interior map	genre art	51.4	45.7
A Lady Writing a Letter	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	National Gallery of Art	1962.10.1	National Gallery of Art	9 36 67	242350	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/15lwrit.html	quill pearl	genre art	45	40
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Scottish National Gallery	NG 1670	Scottish National Gallery	1	242325	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/01-early/01christ.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151226152922/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibitions/the-young-vermeer/christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/johannes-vermeer https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5539	Jesus Martha Mary of Bethany bread basket headscarf	religious art	158.5	141.5
Portrait of a Young Woman	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1665	Metropolitan Museum of Art	1979.396.1	Metropolitan Museum of Art	42 205 398 35	242610		woman portrait	portrait	44.5	40
Woman Holding a Balance	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1665	National Gallery of Art	1942.9.97	National Gallery of Art	53 10 47	219094	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/20balan.html	woman weighing scale table painting window	genre art	42.5	38
The Concert	stolen painting by Johannes Vermeer	1663	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum No/unknown value	P21w27	No/unknown value	29 31	235380	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/23conce.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/23conce1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03b/23conce2.html https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/10966	The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen musician woman man sitting standing virginal lute table oriental rug	genre art	72.5	64.7
The Girl with the Wine Glass	painting by Johannes Vermeer, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum	160s	Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum	316	Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum	38	242340	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/02c/12lady.html	wine glass stained glass woman Red Dress orange man	genre art	78	67.5
The Lacemaker	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1669	Department of Paintings of the Louvre	MI 1448	Room 837	57 11	242358	http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/la-dentelliere http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/lacemaker http://www.louvre.fr/jp/oeuvre-notices/%E3%80%8A%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%92%E7%B7%A8%E3%82%80%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%8B http://www.louvre.fr/zh/oeuvre-notices/《织花边的少女》 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/30lacem.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/30lacem0.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03d/30lacem1.html	lace maker	genre art	24.5	21
Girl Interrupted at her Music	1660–1661 painting by Johannes Vermeer	1660	The Frick Collection	1901.1.125	The Frick Collection	27	242586	http://collections.frick.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:273 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/14girl.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/14girl1.html		genre art	39.4	44.5
A Young Woman seated at a Virginal	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	National Gallery	NG2568	National Gallery Schloss Weißenstein	17 25 85 78 34 32 60	235222	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/35seat.html		genre art	51.5	45.5
The Music Lesson	painting by Johannes Vermeer, Buckingham Palace	1662	Royal Collection	RCIN 405346	Buckingham Palace	28 Vol. II, plate 167	199369	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/16ladyv3.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/16ladyv.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/16ladyv1.html	tapestry mirror window teacher schoolchild pitcher	genre art	74.1	64.6
A Young Woman standing at a Virginal	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	National Gallery	NG1383	National Gallery	23 33 74 30	188378	http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/johannes-vermeer-a-young-woman-standing-at-a-virginal https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/36stand.html		genre art	51.7	45.2
Mistress and Maid	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1666	The Frick Collection	1919.1.126	The Frick Collection	33 139	242355	http://collections.frick.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:274 https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/26lady.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/26lady1.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/26lady2.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03c/26lady3.html	woman domestic worker	genre art	90.2	78.7
The Guitar Player	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1672	Kenwood House	88028841	Kenwood House		188376	https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/34guita.html https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/34guita1.html		genre art	53	46.3
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals	painting by Johannes Vermeer	1670	Leiden Collection	JVe-100	Leiden Collection	18 24	62857	http://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/young-woman-seated-at-a-virginal/ https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/04/351seat.html https://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/young-woman-seated-at-a-virginal/	woman virginal	genre art	25.2	20
Lady with a Guitar	painting by Johannes Vermeer	160s	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Cat. 497	Philadelphia Museum of Art	26 497				genre art	52.5