Johannes VERMEER on "artsy.net" and "National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.'

JOHANNES VERMEER Woman in Blue Reading a Letter All below information was taken from the link; " https://www.artsy.net/artist/johannes-vermeer " where you can reach more information about Johannes Vermeer. You can also visit National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. " https://www.artsy.net/ngadc ". BIOGRAPHY Johannes Vermeer is best known for his meticulously rendered images of women in light-filled domestic interiors. A slow and methodical painter, Vermeer produced relatively few paintings (34 have been attributed to him) but was a modest celebrity in his hometown of Delft during his lifetime. After he died, he fell into obscurity until the 19th century when he was rediscovered by German art historian Gustav Friedrich Waagen and French journalist and art critic Théophile Thoré-Bürger. Vermeer is now considered one of the...