Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 - buried on December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter, who lived and worked in Delft. He is also sometimes referred to as Vermeer of Delft or Johannes van der Meer. Alongside Rembrandt, Vermeer is the best known painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and his paintings are admired for their transparent colours, careful composition and brilliant use of light.

External links

• Essential Vermeer: huge and well organized site discusses all aspects of Vermeer, his life and works.
• Extensive site about Vermeer and Delft.
• Every Vermeer painting displayed, with commentary.
• About Vermeer art.
• Vermeer at Olga's Gallery
• An in depth discussion of Vermeer's painting techniques, disguised as a do-it-yourself course.
• Analysis and demonstration of Vermeer's possible use of the camera obscura.