The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs ...

Vermeer is known as a meticulous detailer of the everyday. But his paintings have more to do with his patrons and other artists than life in the Dutch Republic, writes Alastair Sooke.

Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted the work by that title, popularized by the 2003 film adaptation of the 1999 novel, often drew on his Catholic upbringing and identity.

Carefully organized into eight sections, Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art—at the Vancouver Art Gallery until September 13—reveals the social, political, economic, and ...

Using the latest techniques, art experts make new findings in regard to Vermeer’s work. Meanwhile, Weber sniffs at the “merchandising” of Vermeer’s art in a New York museum’s gift shop.

May 28—The intimate, scenes-of-daily-life paintings of the 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675 ) have been considered masterworks since his work was "rediscovered " by European ...

A painting thought to be by Johannes Vermeer isn’t a Vermeer after all. The 17th-century Dutch master left behind few works, so take even one away and it’s a big deal. New technology is ...

The world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring was most likely not commissioned by Vermeer’s male patron, but by the man’s wife, ...

KUSA – Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is considered by some to be the greatest painter of all time. His work mainly focused on a middle-class life and a domestic home life. Vermeer died in 1675 ...

Philadelphia may be one step closer to officially having its own Vermeer. The paintings of Johannes Vermeer, which depict middle-class domestic life in 17th century Holland, are like the rarest of ...

Johannes Vermeer’s “The Little Street” has long confounded art historians. An exhibit at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum identifies what it calls the painting’s exact setting on Vlamingstraat in ...

The intimate, scenes-of-daily-life paintings of the 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) have been considered masterworks since his work was “rediscovered” by European art ...