Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer, often known as Jan, was a Dutch artist who made canvases that are some of the most adored and treasured pictures in art history. He was born on October 31, 1632, in Delft, Netherlands, and died on December 16, 1675, in Delft. Even though roughly 36 of his paintings have survived, they represent some of the finest masterpieces in the world's best museums. Vermeer began his professional career painting large-scale biblical and mythical subjects in the early 1650s. In contrast, most of his later paintings—the ones for whom he is best known—depict scenes of daily life...
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