Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) from Delft was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. Virtually forgotten for nearly two hundred years, in 1866 the art critic Thoré Bürger published an essay to him.Since that time Vermeer’s reputation has grown, and he is now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, and is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work.
Only 35 paintings are firmly attributed to him today. (Will be continued)
