Complete Vermeer Links

The following lists Vermeer-related site on the Internet. Please notify us if you find any others one worth mentioning.

Websites of art collections which possess Vermeer paintings can be viewed by clicking here.

four stars **** - good
three stars *** - of interest

Vermeer's Life and Work

• Addresses of Patron and Artists in Vermeer's Time
  a map with addresses of artists and patrons in Delft ****
• "View of Delft" by Johannes Vermeer
  a guided tour of the painting ****
• Was Vermeer's "The Little Street" in Delft at Nieuwe Langendijk 22–26?
  a study of the location of Vermeer's painting ****
• OCAIW: Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web
  excellent on-line art image resource of painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography, with more than 250 images of Vermeer's paintings ****
• Catch Your Eye!
  a very personal site of Vermeer's work by a Japanese enthusiast, it is a pleasure to find such devotion ****
• Private lectures about Vermeer
  visit the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam with Vermeer and Delft expert Kees Kaldenbach ****
• My Studio: Vermeer
  one of the first and best web sites dedicated to Vermeer, excellent images and details of all of Vermeer's paintings, elegant graphics ****
• Johannes Vermeer-The Art of Painting
  an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
• Johannes Vermeer
  a review of the Washington Vermeer exhibition by Mark Harden ***
• Glazing in the Art of Johannes Vermeer
  an explanation of the old-master painting technique known as "glazing" in Vermeer's art ****
• Vermeer's Camera
  ample documentation of Vermeer's use of the camera obscura ****
• Johannes Vermeer: Study and Data
  information on Vermeer in English and Japanese
• A Flight over Delft in 1669
  a virtual bird's eye view of Delft ****
• Vermeer's Camera
  (expanded) an in-depth study of Vermeer's camera obscura with projected drawings of the rooms he painted ***
• Jan Vermeer on the Internet
  images and information about Vermeer's painting
• The Art/Museums: The Age of Vermeer at the Metropolitan
  review of the New York exhibition by Carter B. Horsley
• A Walk Through Historical Drawings of the South Gate of Delft
  a virtualQuick-Time view of historical Delft ****
• VERMEER
  information about Vermeer
• Reflections of a Master: The Mystery of Vermeer
  a transcript of a conversation between Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. and journalist Paul Solomon
• Jan van Meer: Library of Congress Citations
  bibliography of Vermeer
• The Vermeer Art Gallery
  images and information about Vermeer
• Vermeer- Genius Ignored
  information about Vermeer
• The Ships in the "View of Delft"
  a study of the ships and barges which appear in Vermeer's "View of Delft" ****
• Woman Holding a Balance
  a special study of Vermeer's painting in the National Gallery, Washington D.C. ***
• Girl With a Pearl Earring
  site of Tracy Chevalier's novel about a Vermeer painting
• Vermeer Family - Surname List - Generated by Personal Ancestral
  Vermeer's ancestors ****
• Smithsonian Museum Vermeer Page
  an article regarding the Vermeer exhibition held in 1994 in Washington D.C.
• Dutch Artist Jan Vermeer: Master of Light
  brief overview of Vermeer

Misc.

• George Deem: Vermeer Interiors.
  for more than 30 years, Deem has dedicated himself to the work of the masters throughout art history, this solo show reveals Deem's particular interest in Vermeer ****
• The Magic Mirror of Life: An Appreciation of the Camera Obscura
  a site dedicated to the camera obscura which Vermeer and other artists of his times are believed to have used ****
• The Camera Obscura: Aristotle to Zahn
  the history of the camera obscura ****
• The Sky in a Room
  how to build your own camera obscura ****
• Carillon Art in the Low Countries
  history and function of the carillons in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft ***
• Clavichord and Harpsichord WebRing
  a web ring of sites dedicated to the clavichord and harpsichord
• HENRI MATISSE: LIFE AND WORK
  One of the great modern painting masters. This site provides and excellent in-depth view of the French Master with hundreds of high-quality digital images.
• CLAUDE MONET
  An elegant and well organized website dedicated to the modern master of light, Claude Monet.
• ART COLLECTING.co.uk
  Art Collecting.co.uk is a public interest website focused on art the intricacies and delights of art collecting. It contains more than 80 articles which cover a wide range of subjects. New articles are being added and it is possible to subscribe to the site's newsletter as well. ****
• Links for Students of History and the Social Sciences at the Virginia Wesleyan College (Professor Dan Graf's Home Page)
• HISTOFORUM
  history and teaching of history site ***
• The Van Meegeren Trial
  the trial of the Vermeer forger, Han van Meegeren ****

Slightly Off the Beaten Track

• Solving an Astrological Puzzle: The Mystery of Vermeer's Birth
  for those who are interested in astrological coincidences
• Deshima Stamp Sellers
  stamps with the Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Art of Painting can be viewed or bought
• Lace Stamps of the World
  a stamp of Vermeer's Lacemaker
• A Vermeer Cartoon
  a cartoon of The Milkmaid by Chris Made