Johannes Vermeer

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Born: 31 October 1632 Died: 15 December 1675

Country of origin: Netherlands

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Description: Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər/;[3] Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəs jɑn vərˈmeːr]; 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings.[4] Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, using bright colours and sometimes expensive pigments, with a preference for lapis lazuli and Indian yellow. He is particularly renowned for his maste ... (more)

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