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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An overview of all the known works by the 17th century Dutch artist with short descriptive texts accompanying each painting, which explain some of the highlights to look out for. This large-format volume includes a short biography of Vermeer at the beginning and the reproductions are beautifully reproduced in large full colour plates.
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Delphi Complete Works of Johannes Vermeer (Illustrated) - Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
(1632-1675)
Contents
Brief Biography
The Paintings
CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARTHA AND MARY
ST. PRAXEDIS
DIANA AND HER COMPANIONS
THE PROCURESS
A GIRL ASLEEP
GIRL READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW
THE LITTLE STREET
OFFICER AND LAUGHING GIRL
THE MILKMAID
THE GLASS OF WINE
THE GIRL WITH TWO MEN
VIEW OF DELFT
GIRL INTERUPTED AT HER MUSIC
WOMAN IN BLUE READING A LETTER
THE MUSIC LESSON
WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE
WOMAN WITH A PEARL NECKLACE
WOMAN WITH A LUTE
YOUNG WOMAN WITH A JUG
THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING
A LADY WRITING
GIRL WITH A RED HAT
GIRL WITH A FLUTE
THE CONCERT
THE ART OF PAINTING
HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN
MISTRESS AND MAID
THE ASTRONOMER
THE GEOGRAPHER
THE LOVE LETTER
THE LACEMAKER
LADY WRITING A LETTER WITH HER MAID
ALLEGORY OF FAITH
THE GUITAR PLAYER
A LADY STANDING AT THE VIRGINAL
A LADY SEATED AT THE VIRGINAL
A YOUNG WOMAN SEATED AT THE VIRGINALS
© Delphi Classics 2014
Version 2
Masters of Art Series
Johannes Vermeer
By Delphi Classics, 2014
Brief Biography
The Mechelen house in Delft, the birthplace of Vermeer
Delft in 1652, Vermeer’s birthplace
View of Delft (1660–61) by Vermeer
JOHANNES VERMMER
Very little is known about the life of the Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer. He was baptised in Delft on 31 October 1632 as Joannis, and buried in the same city under the name Jan on 15 December 1675. He seems to have been exclusively devoted to his art, living out his life in the city of Delft. The only sources of information are some registers, a few official documents and comments by other artists; it was for this reason that Thoré Bürger named him The Sphinx of Delft.
On 31 October 1632, Johannes was baptised in the Reformed Church. His father, Reijnier Janszoon, was a middle-class worker of silk or caffa (a mixture of silk and cotton or wool). As an apprentice in Amsterdam, Reijnier lived on fashionable Sint Antoniesbreestraat, then a street with many resident painters. In 1615 he married Digna Baltus. The couple moved to Delft and had a daughter, Gertruy, who was baptized in 1620. In 1625 Reijnier was involved in a fight with a soldier named Willem van Bylandt, who died from his wounds five months later. Around this time Reijnier began dealing in paintings. In 1631 he leased an inn called The Flying Fox
. In 1641 he bought a larger inn on the market square, named after the Flemish town Mechelen
. The acquisition of the inn constituted a considerable financial burden. When Vermeer’s father died in October 1652, Vermeer assumed operation of the family’s art business.
In April 1653 Johannes Reijniersz Vermeer married a Catholic girl, Catharina Bolenes. The blessing took place in a nearby and quiet village Schipluiden. For the groom it was a good match. His mother-in-law, Maria Thins, was significantly wealthier than he, and it was probably she who insisted Vermeer convert to Catholicism before the marriage on 5 April. Some scholars doubt that Vermeer