100 Great Artists

1612

1644 (1)

I6fO,

165:2

16B

16H

1660,

166J

1670,

167f

JOHANNES VERMEER

Born in Ddfi, ,,1<1

"fit ,ifJ: 1:.",a,~rlart

d,,,kr

No un;rtb in

!"Rift, rraim in

l.itrubt or

An,..~""p

Painlf himri,"}

and n/igi(JIM

fubjWJ

iJ<a,b"ffa'b.r,

inlm-i" /"mily inn

M,,"hffo/Sr

Lulu', ''''iid.

I\tilffj~ C",bari1lll

BoI"", ,b'Y It",·,

,Jr.,,,, chiMrm

Binh "Jim

dlmgl"" Maria

CbilllK" to

painting gmrt

rubj«tJ, injllMnad

by l"Nuand Jim

Miff;'

Birth if Jim ,..,

J"b"mln

Burin<JJ rn/ftrTOlI

/;ml<h im'Mj",,"

Nnw/anM

Pbyri"'/ilrId

,",mal bt"kb

d""''''raw. OJ,,

in Ddfi

Girl Jrllb" Pearl EArring (1.1665)

711, tulJm"t;m girl j, d"",d orimllll_rtyIt in a turban, ,;.'bicb m"ms tbat

tbt picrurt i, probohJy a ""nie, or cbarac"r rtudy. I n irr jt.,b ,implidry

arid mrron"" ;, i,,,,,, "J ","«r', ,"1J5t p<Jpular imag"

T

he D utch ",h()<~ of the ",,'en'ttn,h t~lIJ'with his "'al_lill: situ,,;on: he and his will:

century l'",duc,,1, in cffc<1, • h.d d<~'cn child",,,. llnwc,"r, there is

<~>CuIl"'nt"Y of L~''''T a<I"'''' "f their L~'id""ee ,h., Venne..,. built himself. Sl"'tt

<hily li,'es. beh p.inlI:r h.d his sl",<:i.lity. from into ",hich. in • sellSc. hc c<-.Jld tctrcat _ •

nil ships to d".d l,""e1<3nl<. Joh.nnes \hmttr ,a,",,"a oh,.ura. It stood", Onc end of th.,

,,"is chieAy conttrned "ith interi" ... and ",ith familiar r"om. • nd Vermeer .rr.nged his

one " ""n in I",nicul ... It fca bJrt:s in So m.nyo f subjectS ., ,he othL"',

his e:trefully """~><J""! ",or b. lit fr,." the left First "h'ocat"'! ~Jt .niSls in ,hc IHOs. the

by '",0 win<kJws. it has • 'il,,1 no:>r. nd Onc wm"" oh"ura e:tn be m"le '0 .ny sioc. A siml~e

""p_hung w"111. 1 )C<~lle within 'his 'I",ce alwars darien"'! box. i, h1S. pinholc ,. _ in Vennttr',

secm intent UpOIl ",hat they >re doing but in. case _a Irns in 'he side. T he im.gt: of.n ob;.:",

""'1' detached " ... y. outsid" I"'$(:s through thc 'p..,.,urc .nd '1'1"""

Venne..,.·s p.inted 'I"lnquil im.gcs did no' up,idc down on a bhnk e:tm'1S fi .• cd to thc