Johannes Vermeer

Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft · 39 works on DiscoverArt

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Is she turning toward us or away? I have looked at this a hundred times and I still cannot decide. I think that is the whole painting.

Isabella Fuentes · ♥ 9 · on Girl with a Pearl Earring →

The earring is two brushstrokes. Two. I paint as a hobby and this fact keeps me humble.

Samuel Ortiz · ♥ 3 · on Girl with a Pearl Earring →

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This ambiguity is exactly why she gets called the Mona Lisa of the North. Two paintings, same trick — a face that will not resolve.

Mei-Lin Chen · on Girl with a Pearl Earring →

Toward. The lips are just parting, like she is about to say something. Ask me tomorrow and I will say away.

Leo Marchand · on Girl with a Pearl Earring →

Works

Portrait of a Young Woman — Portrait of a Young Woman1665

View of Delft — View of Delft1661

Girl with a Pearl Earring — Girl with a Pearl Earring1665

Study of a Young Woman — Study of a Young Woman● On view · Gallery 614

Woman with a Pearl Necklace — Woman with a Pearl Necklace1660

Woman Holding a Balance — Woman Holding a Balancec. 1664

A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal — A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal1670

A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals — A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals1670

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary — Christ in the House of Martha and Mary1650

A Maid Asleep — A Maid Asleep● On view · Gallery 614

A Lady Writing — A Lady Writingc. 1665

A Girl Asleep — A Girl Asleep1657

The Wine Glass — The Wine Glass1659

Girl with the Red Hat — Girl with the Red Hatc. 1669

Het melkmeisje

Diana and her Nymphs — Diana and her Nymphs1650

The Girl with the Wine Glass — The Girl with the Wine Glass1650

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid — Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid1670

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window — Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window1658

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher — Young Woman with a Water Pitcher● On view · Gallery 614

A Lady Writing a Letter — A Lady Writing a Letter1665

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal — A Young Woman seated at a Virginal1670

The Concert — The Concert1663

Officer and Laughing Girl — Officer and Laughing Girl1658

Saint Praxedis — Saint Praxedis1655

The Astronomer — The Astronomer1664

The Music Lesson — The Music Lesson1662

Mistress and Maid — Mistress and Maid1666

De liefdesbrief

Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als ‘Het straatje’

Girl Interrupted at her Music — Girl Interrupted at her Music1660

The Guitar Player — The Guitar Player1672

Young Woman with a Lute — Young Woman with a Lute● On view · Gallery 614

Allegory of the Catholic Faith — Allegory of the Catholic Faith● On view · Gallery 614

Brieflezende vrouw

The Procuress — The Procuress1656

The Geographer — The Geographer1668

The Lacemaker — The Lacemaker1669

The Art of Painting — The Art of Painting1667

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