Vermeer Oeuvre: Exhibitions by Painting

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Vermeer's paintings are listed in chronological order according to the critereon set out in Complete Essential Vermeer Interactive Catalogue.

updated June 27, 2023

1

Diana and her Companions

c. 1653–1656
Oil on canvas
98.5 x 105 cm. (38 3/4 x 41 3/8 in.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 33

• London 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  148, no. 313, as "Diana at her Toilet"
• Amsterdam 1945
  Weerzien der meesters
  Rijksmuseum
  22, no. 133
• Delft November–April, 1950
  Het koninklijke kabinet 'Het Mauritshuis' in het museum 'Het Prinsenhof' te Delft
  Stedelijk Museum 'Het Prinsenhof'
  11, no. 26
• Milan April–June, 1951
  Mostra del Caravaggio e dei Caravaggeschi
  Palazzo Reale
  99, no. 187 and ill. 130
• Zurich 1953
  Hollander des 17. Fahrhunderts
  Kunsthaus
  72, no. 170 and ill. 27
• Milan February 25–April 25, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento
  Palazzo Reale
  no. 175 and ill. no. 30, as "La toletta di Diana"
• Rome January 4–February 14, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento
  Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  no. 175 and ill. no. 30, as "La toletta di Diana"
• New York January 4–February 14, 1954
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 6 and ill.
• Toronto 1954–1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Art Gallery of Toronto
  plate #VI, between pages xx and xxi
• Toledo (OH) January 2–February 13, 1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Toledo Museum of Art
  plate #VI, between pages xx and xxi
• Oslo October 9–December 6, 1959
  Fra Rembrandt til Vermeer
  Nasjonalgallieret
  no. 83
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 1 and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. 1 and ill.
• Tokyo October 19–December 22, 1968
  The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch Paintings and Drawings of the 17th Century
  National Museum of Western Art
  no. 69 and ill.
• Kyoto January 12–March 2, 1968
  The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch Paintings and Drawings of the 17th Century
  National Museum of Western Art
  no. 69 and ill.
• Washington D.C. 1980
  Gods, Saints and Heroes: Dutch Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt
  National Gallery of Art
  41, 210–211, no. 54 and ill.
• Detroit February 16–April 19, 1980
  Gods, Saints and Heroes: Dutch Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt
  National Gallery of Art
  210–211 no. 54, and ill.
• Amsterdam May 18–July 19, 1981
  Gods, Saints and Heroes: Dutch Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt
  National Gallery of Art
  210–211, no. 54 and ill.
• Tokyo 1984
  Dutch Painting of the Golden Age of Rembrandt
  National Gallery of Art
  108–109, no.39 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Galley of Art
  96–101, no. 3 and ill.
• The Hague 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
  96–101, no. 3 and ill.
• Frankfurt February 9–April 30, 2000
  Dutch Classicism in Seventeenth-Century Painting
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt
• Rotterdam Sept. 15, 1999–January 19, 2000
  Dutch Classicism in Seventeenth-Cetnury Painting
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  359–362, no. 64 and ill.
• London June 20–September, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  359–362, no. 64 and ill.
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  168–170, no. 26 and ill.
• The Hague May 12–August 22, 2010
  The Young Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  26–29, no. 1 and ill.
• Dresden September 3–December 28, 2010
  The Young Vermeer
  Old Masters Picture Gallery
  26–29, no. 1 and ill.
• Edinburgh December 8, 2010–February, 2011
  The Young Vermeer
  National Gallery of Scotland
  26–29, no. 1 and ill.
• Tokyo June 30–September 17, 2012
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  Tokyo Art Museum
• The Hague October 7, 2021–January 9, 2022
  Facelifts & Makeovers
  Mauritshuis, The Hague
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 3 and ill.

2

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

c. 1654–1656
Oil on canvas
160 x 142 cm. (63 x 55 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 20

• London 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  147, no. 310
• Amsterdam, October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 juli 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  26–27, no. 162 and ill. 162
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  34, no. 79 and ill. 59
• Utrecht June 15–August 3, 1952
  Caravaggio en de Nederlanden
  Centraal Museum
  57–58, no. 92 and ill. 71
• Edinburgh 1992
  Dutch Art and Scotland: A Reflection of Taste
  National Gallery of Scotland
  150–151, no. 71 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  90–95, no. 2 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  90–95, no. 2 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 65 and ill.
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 65 and ill
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  164–166, no. 25 and ill.
• The Hague May 12–August 22, 2010
  The Young Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  26–29, no. 1 and ill.
• Dresden September 3–December 28, 2010
  The Young Vermeer
  Old Masters Picture Gallery
  30–35, no. 2 and ill.
• Edinburgh December 8, 2010–February, 2011
  The Young Vermeer
  National Gallery of Scotland
  30–35, no. 2 and ill.
• Rimini January 21–June 3, 2012
  Da Vermeer a Kandinsky
  Castel Sismondo
  76 and ill.
• San Francisco March 7–May 3, 2015
  Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland
  M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
  52, no. 15 and ill. 53
• Fort Worth (TX) June 28–September 20, 2015
  Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland
  Kimbell Art Museum
• Sydney October 24, 2015–February 14, 2016
  The Greats: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland
  The Art Gallery of New South Wales
  62, no. 13 and ill.
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 1 and ill.

3

The Procuress

1656
Oil on canvas
143 x 130 cm. (56 1/8 x 51 1/8 in.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), Dresden
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 11

• Berlin April–June, 1980
  Restaurierte Kunstwerke in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republic
  Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  no. 21
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 66.
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 66.
• Jackson (MS) March 1–September 6, 2004
  The Glory of Baroque
  Mississippi Arts Pavilion
  no catalogue
• Dresden December 3, 2004–February 27, 2005
  Das restaurierte meisterwerk: "Die Kupplerin" von Vermeer (The Restored Masterpiece: "The Procuress
  by Vermeer)
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
• The Hague May 12–August 22, 2010
  The Young Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  36–47, no. 3 and ill.
• Dresden September 3–December 28, 2010
  Der frühe Vermeer
  Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
• Edinburgh December 8, 2010–February, 2011
  The Young Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  36–47, no.3 and ill.
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no.4 and ill.

4

A Maid Asleep

c. 1656–1657
Oil on canvas
87.6 x 76.5 cm. (34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 7

• London 1898
  Illustrated catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters of Dutch, Flemish, French, and English School Being Some of the Principal Pictures Which Have at Various Times Formed Part of Sedelmeyer Gallery
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  104, no. 88 and ill., as "The Sleeping Servant"
• London April 28–July 25, 1903
  Works by Early and Modern Painters of the Dutch School
  Art Gallery of the Corporation of London
  no. 188, as "The Cook Asleep," lent by Monsieur X of Paris
• New York September 25–October 9, 1909
  The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 137, as "A Girl Sleeping"
• New York November 7, 1952–September 7, 1953
  Art Treasures of the Metropolitan
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 117
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 67
• New York September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008
  The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• New York September 9–November 29, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece "The Milkmaid"
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 6 and ill.

5

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

c. 1657–1659
Oil on canvas
83 x 64.5 cm. (32 3/4 x 25 3/8 in.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
(Old Masters Picture Gallery), Dresden
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 15

• Tokyo September 20–November 24, 1974
  Meisterwerke der Europäischen Kunst
  Nationalmuseum for Western Art
• Kyoto December 2, 1974–January 26, 1975
  Meisterwerke der Europäischen Kunst
  Nationalmuseum
• Moscow October 10–November 18, 1984
  Gerettete Meisterwerke
  Puschkin Museum
• Leningrad [formerly St. Petrsberg] December 6, 1984–January 20, 1985
  Gerettete Meisterwerke
  Staatliche Eremitage
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Il Prado
  165–167, no. 32 and ill.
• Kobe January–May 22, 2005
  Dresden-Spiegel der Welt. Die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden in Japan
  Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
• Tokyo June 28–September 19, 2005
  Dresden-Spiegel der Welt. Die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden in Japan
  National Museum of Western Art
• Dresden September 3–November 28, 2010
  Der frühe Vermeer
  Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Tokyo February 10–April 3, 2022
  Johannes Vermeer and 17th-Century Dutch Paintings
  Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
• Sapporo April 22–June 26, 2022
  Johannes Vermeer and the Masters of the Golden Age of Dutch Painting from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
• Osaka July 16–September 25, 2022
  Johannes Vermeer and the Masters of the Golden Age of Dutch Painting from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  Osaka Museum of Fine Arts
• Sendai October 8–November 27, 2022
  Johannes Vermeer and the Masters of the Golden Age of Dutch Painting from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 6 and ill.

6

Officer and Laughing Girl

c. 1657–1660
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 46 cm. (19 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Frick Collection, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 7

• Paris 1886
  Exposition rétrospective tableaux anciens empruntés aux galeries particulières
  Palais des Champs-Elysées
  36, no. 107
• London 1891
  Winter Exhibitition
  Royal Academy of Arts
  15, no. 52, as "The Soldier and the Laughing Girl," lent by Samuel S. Joseph, Esq. The painting is described as "Interior of a room; a man in a red coat and a large black hat, and a woman in a black and gold dress and white hood, are seated at a table near an open window, conversing; a map hangs on the wall behind them. Panel, 19 by 17 in."
• London 1900
  Exhibition of Pictures by Dutch Masters of Seventeenth Century
  Burlington Fine Arts Club
  25, no. 18 as "Le Soldat et la Fillette Qui Rit," lent by Mrs. Joseph
• New York January 11–27, 1912
  Exhibition of Old Masters for the Benefit of The Artists' Funds and Artists' Aid Societies
  M. Knoedler & Co.
  54 and ill.
• New York June 3–November 2, 2008
  Frick's Vermeers Reunited
  Frick Collection
  no catalogue
• The Hague September 29, 2022 –January 15, 2023
  Manhattan Masters: Frick Collection, New York City
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 7 and ill.

7

The Milkmaid

c. 1657–1661
Oil on canvas
45.5 x 41 cm. (17 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 25

• Amsterdam 1872
  Katalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Arti et amicitiae
  21, no. 142
• Amsterdam 1900
  Catalogus der verzameling schilderijen en familieportretten van de heeren jhr. P. H. Six van Vromade, Jhr. J. Six en jhr. W. Six
  Stedelijk Museum
  17, no. 70
• Paris 1921
  Exposition hollandaise. Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins anciens et modernes
  Jeu de Paume
  10, no. 105
• London 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  144, no. 302, and pl. 77
• Amsterdam 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  27, no. 163, and ill.
• Rotterdam 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  35, no. 81 and ill. 62
• New York 1939
  Masterpieces of Art. New York World's Fair
  194–195, no. 398 and pl. 71
• Detroit 1939
  Masterpieces of Art from Foreign Collections. European Paintings from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs
  Detroit Institute of Arts
  19 and ill. 52
• Detroit 1941
  Masterpieces of Art from European and American Collections. Twenty-Second Loan Exhibition of Old Masters
  The Detroit Institute of Arts
  19 and ill. 62
• Montreal February 5–March 8, 1942
  Loan exhibition of masterpieces of painting (Exposition de chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture)
  Museum of Fine Arts, Art Association
• New York October 8–November 7, 1942
  Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century
  Duveen Galleries
  87, no. 67 and ill.
• Chicago November 18–December 16, 1942
  Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century
  Art Institute of Chicago
  64, no. 41 and ill.
• Zurich 1953
  Hollander des 17. Jahrhunderts
  Kunsthaus
  72, no. 171 and ill. 28.
• Rome January 4–February 14, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento
  Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  90, no.176 and ill. 31, as "La cuciniera"
• Milan February 29–April 25, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento
  Palazzo Reale
  no. 176 and ill. no. 31, as "La cuciniera"
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 2 and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. II and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
  108–113, no. 5 and ill. (not shown in Washington)
• Amsterdam 2000
  The Glory of Golden Age: Dutch Art of Seventeenth Century
  Rijksmuseum
  197, no. 136 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 69
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 69
• Tokyo June 26, 2007–September 26, 2007
  "The Milkmaid" by Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting: Masterworks from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
  The National Art Center
  48, no. 1 and ill.
• New York September 9–November 29, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece '"The Milkmaid'"
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 17, no. 2., ill. 205
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Amsterdam April 1–May 15, 2022
  Dutch Heritage Amsterdam
  Hermitage Amsterdam
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 7 and ill.

8

Girl Interrupted in her Music

c. 1658–1661
Oil on canvas
39.3 x 44.4 cm. (15 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
Frick Collection, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 6

• London 1900
  Exhibition of Pictures by Dutch Masters of Seventeenth Century
  Burlington Fine Arts Club
  26, no. 23 as "The Music Lesson," lent by Lewis Fry, Esq., M. P.
• St. Louis 1904
  St. Louis World's Fair
  73, no. 93, as "The Music Lesson" lent by Mr. Henrey C. Frick, Pittsburg
• New York September 25–October 9, 1909
  The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 138, as "The Music Lesson" lent by Mr. Henry C. Frick, New York
• New York June 3–November 2, 2008
  Frick's Vermeers Reunited
  Frick Collection
  no catalogue
• Dresden September 10, 2021–January 2, 2022
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 12 and ill.

9

The Glass of Wine

c. 1658–1661
Oil on canvas
65 x 77 cm. (25 5/8 x 30 1/4 in.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
museum contact

number of exhibitions -15

• London 1881
  Winter Exhibitition
  Royal Academy of Arts
  22, no. 93, lent by Mrs. Hope
• London 1891
  South Kensington Museum
  15, no. 52, as "interior," lent by Samuel S. Joseph, Esq.
• Berlin 1929
  Erasmus, Kurt. Die Meister des holländischen Interieurs
  Galerie Dr Schäffer
  no. 103a and ill.
• New York May 17, June 13, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  14, no. 139 and ill., as "Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine"
• Philadelphia June19, 1948–Jul y7, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  14, no. 139 and ill., as "Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine:
• Chicago July 15, 1948–August 4, 1948
  Masterpieces of Painting Saved from the German Salt Mines; Property of the Berlin Museums
  14, no. 139 and ill., as "Lady and Gengleman Drinking Wine"
• Boston August 14, 1948–August 31, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  14, no. 139 and ill., as "Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine"
• Schaffhausen 1949
  Rembrandt und seine Zeit. Museum zu Allerheiligen
  76, no. 188 and ill.
• Brunswick 1978
  Die Klessmann, Rüdiger. Die Sprache der Bilder: Realität und Bedeutung in der niederlandischen Malerei des 17 Jarhunderts
  Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
  164–168, no. 39 and ill.
• Amsterdam 2000
  The Glory of Golden Age: Dutch Art of Seventeenth Century
  Rijksmuseum
  198, no. 137 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School.
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 71
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 70
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
  176–178, no 28 and ill.
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 11 and ill.

10

The Little Street

c. 1657–1661
Oil on canvas
54.3 x 44 cm. (21 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 25

• Amsterdam 1845
  no. 106
• Amsterdam 1872
  Katalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Arti et amicitiae
  22, no. 143
• Amsterdam 1900
  Catalogus der verzameling schilderijen en familieportretten van de heeren jhr. P. H. Six van Vromade, Jhr. J. Six en jhr. W. Six
  Stedelijk Museum
  17, no. 71
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  149–150, no. 316 and pl. 80
• London 1929
  Dutch Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Dutch Art at Burlington House, London
  Burlington House
  85, no. 103 and ill.
• Amsterdam October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  28, no. 165 and ill. 165
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  36, no. 83 and ill. 64
• Brussels March 2–April 28, 1946
  De Hollandsche schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt
  Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
• Paris November 25, 1950–February 185, 1951
  Le Paysage hollandais au XVII siècle
  Orangerie des Tuileries
  no. 98
• London November, 1952–March, 1953
  Dutch Pictures 1450–1750
  Royal Academy of Arts
  vol 1: no. 529, 2: ill. 13
• New York 1954
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pitcures of Seventeenth Century
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  ill. 7
• Toledo (OH) January 2–February 13, 1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Toledo Museum of Art
  plate #VII, between pages xxii and xxiii
• Toronto 1954–1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pitcures of Seventeenth Century
  Art Gallery of Toronto
  plate #VII, between pages xxii and xxiii
• Rome 1956
  Le XVII siècle Européen. Réalisme classique baroque
  Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  246, no. 31 and pl. 28
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangeri
  no. IV and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  102–107, no. 4 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  102–107, no. 4 and ill.
• Amsterdam 2000
  The Glory of Golden Age: Dutch Art of Seventeenth Century
  Rijksmuseum
  201, no. 138 and ill.
• London 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Muesum of Art
  no. 69 and ill
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  172–174, no. 26 and ill.
• DelftMarch 25–July 17, 2016
  Vermeer is Coming Home (Vermeer komt Thuis)
  Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft
• Madrid June 25–September 29, 2019
  Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Parallel Visions
  Museo Nacional del Prado
• Amsterdam - October 11, 2019
  Rembrandt-Velázquez.: Dutch and Spanish Masters
  Rijksmuseum
  146 and ill.
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 9 and ill.

11

The Girl with a Wine Glass

c. 1659–1662
Oil on canvas
78 x 67 cm. (30 3/4 x 26 3/8 in.)
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig (Brunswick)
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 25

• Berlin April–May, 1929
  Die Meister des holländischen Interieurs
  Galerie Dr. Schaffer
  "Nachtrag" no. 103a and ill.
• Schaffhausen 1949
  Rembrandt und seine Zeit. Museum zu Allerheiligen
  76, no. 188 and ill.
• Brunswick September 6–November 5, 1978
  Die Sprache der Bilder: Realität Und Bedeutung in der niederländischen Malerei des 17. Jarhunderts
  Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
  164–168, no. 39 and ill.
• Tokyo April 24, 1984–June 10, 1984
  Dutch Painting of Golden Age from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
  National Museum of Western Art
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  168–169 no. 33 and ill.
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  176–178, no 28 and ill.
• Brunswick December, 2009–May, 2015
  Epochal
  Dankwarderode Castle
• Kassel November 18, 2011–February 26, 2012
  Light Structure - The Light in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
  Museum Hessen
• Rome September 27, 2012–January 20, 2013
  Vermeer. Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  210. no. 47 and ill.
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

12

View of Delft

c. 1660–1663
Oil on canvas
98.5 x 117.5 cm. (38 3/4 x 46 1/4 in.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 14

• Paris April–May, 1921
  Exposition hollandaise: Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins anciens et modernes
  Jeu de Paume
  10, no. 104
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  144, no. 304
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Dutch Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Dutch Art at Burlington House, London.
  Burlington House.
  85, no. 103 and ill.
• Amsterdam 1945
  Weerzien der meesters
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 132
• Delft November–April, 1950
  Het Koninklijke kabinet "Het Mauritshuis" in het museum 'Het Prinsenhof' te Delft
  Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof
  11, no. 25
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 3 and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no.3 and ill.
• Paris February 19–June 30, 1986
  De Rembrandt à Vermeer: Les peintres hollandais au Mauritshuis à la Haye
  Grand Palais
  350–557, no. 53, ill. (with extensive literature)
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  120–127, no. 7 and ill.
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. III and ill.120–127, no. 7 and ill.
• The Hague February 1–May 3, 2009
  Pride and Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age
  Mauritshuis
  185–188, no. 49 and ill.
• The Hague April 28, 2012–June 30, 2014
  Meesters uit het Mauritshuis Zes eeuwen kunst onder een dak (Highlights Mauritshuis in Gemeentemuseum The Hague)
  Gemeentemuseum The Hague
• The Hague October 7, 2021–January 9, 2022
  Facelifts & Makeovers
  Mauritshuis, The Hague
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 10 and ill.

13

The Music Lesson

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
73.3 x 64.5 cm. (28 7/8 x 25 3/8 in.)
The Royal Collection, The Windsor Castle
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 20

• London 1876
  Exhibition of Works by Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of British School
  Royal Academy of Arts
  no. 211
• London 1895
  Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Pictures
  Art Gallery of the Corporation of London
  92–93, no. 127, as "The Music Master, and Pupil," lent by Her Magesty the Queen
• London 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  144, no. 305 and pl. 78
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Dutch Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Dutch Art at Burlington House, London
  Burlington House
  89, no. 107 and ill.
• London 1946
  Catalogue of Exhibition of the King's Pictures
  Royal Academy of Arts
  108, no. 305
• The Hague August 6–September 26, 1948
  Masterpieces of the Dutch School from the Collection of H.M. the King of England on the Occasion of 50-year Reign of Queen Wilhelmin
  Mauritshuis
  30, no. 10 and ill.
• London November, 1952–March, 1953
  Dutch Pictures, 1450–1750
  Royal Academy of Arts
  1: no. 515, 2: ill. 45
• London July–September, 1971
  Dutch Pictures from the Royal Collection. The Queen's Gallery
  Buckingham Palace
  19 and 74, no. 10
• Philadelphia March18–May 13, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  344–345, no. 119 and ill. 109
• Berlin June 8–August 12, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
  344–345, no. 119 and ill. 109
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  128–133, no. 8 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer. Royal Cabinet of Paintings
  Mauritshuis
  128–133, no. 8 and ill.
• London February 11–October 30, 2005
  Enchanting the Eye: Dutch Painters of the Golden Age
  The Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace
• London March, 2011
  Masterpiece a Month: Presiding Genius
  Johannes Vermeer–"A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman" (The Music Lesson)
  The Dulwich Picture Gallery
• Cambridge October 5, 2011–January 21, 2012
  Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence
  The Fitzwilliam Museum
  204, no. 26 and ill.
• London June 26–September 8, 2013
  Vermeer and Music: Love and Leisure in the Dutch Golden Age
  National Gallery
  62, no. 21 and ill.
• London November 13, 2015–February 14, 2016
  Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer. An Exhibition from the British Royal Collection
  The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Edinburgh March 4–July 24, 2016
  Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer: An Exhibition from the British Royal Collection
  The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
• The Hague September 29, 2016–January 8, 2017
  Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer: An Exhibition from the British Royal Collection
  Mauritshuis
• London December 11–January, 2022
  Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
  The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London

14

Woman with a Lute

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
51.4 x 45.7 cm. (20 1/4 x 18 in.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 27

• New York September 25–October 9, 1909
  The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 135, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York
• New York 8 May–August 1920
  Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  8, unnumbered cat., lent by Mrs. Henry E. Huntington
• Philadelphia 4 November, 1950–11 February, 1951
  Diamond Jubilee Exhibition: Masterpieces of Painting
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  no. 42.
• New York October 5–Novembe 10r, 1971
  The Painter's Light
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  8, no. 13.
• Leningrad [St. Petersburg] May 22–July 27, 1975
  100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum
  State Hermitage Museum
  no. 24
• Moscow Augus 28–November 2, 1975
  100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum
  State Pushkin Museum
  no. 24
• Philadelphia Marc 18–May 14, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  no. 117
• Berlin June 8–August 12, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
  no. 117
• London September 7–November 18, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Royal Academy of Arts
  no. 117
• Stockholm October 2, 1992–January 6, 1993
  Rembrandt och Hans Tid
  Nationalmuseum
  no. 128
• Athens December13, 1992–April 11, 1993
  From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum
  no. 14
• Osaka April 4–July 2, 2000
  The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
  Municipal Museum of Art
  178–181, no. 32 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 72
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 72
• Rotterdam October 23, 2004–January 9, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  no. 68
• Frankfurt February 10–May 1, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
  no. 68
• New York September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008
  The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  180–182, no. 29 and ill.
• New York September 9–November 29, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece "The Milkmaid"
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 8 and ill.
• Pasadena Jull 8, 2011–September 26, 2011
  The Norton Simon Museum Presents Vermeer's "Woman with a Lute"
  Norton Simon Museum
  no catalogue
• Rome September 27, 2012–January 20, 2013
  Vermeer. Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  214, no. 48 and ill.
• Naples November 21–February 9, 2016
  Woman with a Lute
  Museo Capodimonte
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
• Dublin June 1–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivaly
  Musée du Louvre
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 5, no. 2, ill. page 142
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 18 and ill.

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Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
45.7 x 40.6 cm. (18 x 16 in.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 20

• London June 1838
  Catalogue of Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and French Masters
  British Institution
  no. 29, as "A Female at a window," by Metsu, lent by R. Vernon, Esq.
• London 1878
  Winter Exhibitition
  Royal Academy of Arts
  50, no. 267, as "Lady at a Casement," by Jan van der Meer, lent by Viscount Powerscourt
• New York 1888–89
  Exhibition of 1888–89
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 29, as "Young Woman Opening a Casement"
• New York April 1906
  Temporary Exhibition
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 40, as "Young Woman at a Window"
• New York September 25–October 9, 1909
  The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  138, no. 137, as "Girl with Water Jug"
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, Oorsprong en Invloed Fabritius, De Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen
  37, no. 85 and ill. 66
• Amsterdam October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  29, no. 167 and ill. 85
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In Het Licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 4 and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Orangerie des Tuileries
  no. 5 and ill.
• Boston 16 September–1 November, 1970
  Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Museum of Fine Arts
  45, unnumbered catalogue
• New York November 15, 1970–February 15, 1971
  Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 283
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  146–151, no. 11 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  146–151, no. 11 and ill.
• New York March 8–Mayn 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 71 and ill.
• London Junen20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 71 and ill.
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  170–171, no. 34 and ill.
• Boston 19 November, 2003–22 February, 2004
  Dutch Interiors in the Age of Vermeer: A Rare Vermeer Comes to Boston
  Museum of Fine Arts
• New York 18 September, 200 7–6 January, 2008
  The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• New York 9 September–29 November, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece "The Milkmaid"
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 7
• Kyoto 24 October–5 January, 2015
  Vermeer and Painters of the Dutch Golden Age
  Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
  no. 48

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Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
46.5 x 39 cm. (18 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 18

• London 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  141, no. 298 and ill.
• London 1929
  Dutch Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Dutch Art at Burlington House
  Burlington House
  87, no. 105 and ill., as "The Letter"
• Amsterdam 1935
  V ermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  30, no. 168
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans- van Beuningen
  37, no. 86 and ill. 67
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–Febraury 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Galley
  134–139, no. 9 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  134–139, no. 9 and ill.
• Kyoto June 25–October 16, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Municipal Museum of Art
  128, no. 41 and ill.
• Sendai October 27, 2011–Decembe 12r, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Miyagi Museum of Art
  128, no. 41 and ill.
• Tokyo December, 27–March 14, 2012
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  The Bunkamura Museum of Art
  128, no. 41 and ill.
• Shangai October 1–October. 31, 2012
  Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
  China Art Palace
• São Paulo December 12, 2012–February 10, 2013
  Vermeer: Mulher de Azul Lendo uma Carta
  Museu de Arte in São Paulo
• Los Angeles February 16–March. 31, 2013
  Johannes Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
  J. Paul Getty Museum
• Minneapolis (MN) January 16–May 3, 2015
  Centennial Exhibition
  Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  no catalogue
• San Diego CA May 14–September 11, 2015
  The Private World of Vermeer
  The Timken Museum
  no catalogue
• Washington D.C. September 19–December 1, 2015
  Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter from the Rijksmuseum
  National Gallery of Art
  no catalogue
• Sydney November 11, 2017–February 18, 2018
  Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
  Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Canberra November, 2020–March 14, 2021
  Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery
  National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
• Dresden March 19–June 27, 2021
  Vermeer: Johannes Vermeer's Dresden Girl Reading a Letter at the Open Window and Dutch Genre Painting from the 17th Century
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 15 and ill.

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Woman with a Pearl Necklace

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
55 x 45 cm. (21 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 23

• Paris 1866
  Exposition rétrospective tableaux anciens empruntés aux galeries particulières
  Palais des Champs-Elysées
  not in cat.
• Paris 1914
  Hundred Masterpieces: A Selection from the Pictures by Old Masters
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  52, no. 24 and ill.
• New York May 17–June 13, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Philadelphia June 19–July 7, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Chicago July 15–August 4, 1948
  Masterpieces of painting saved from the German Salt Mines: Property of the Berlin Museums
  The Art Institute of Chicago.
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Boston August 14–August 31, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Detroit September 10–September 26, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Museum of Fine Arts
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Cleveland October 6–October 22, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Cleveland Museum of Art
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Minneapolis (MS) November 2–November 17, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• San Francisco December 11–December 29, 1948
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Los Angeles January 4–January 22, 1949
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  County Museum of Art
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• St Louis Jan uary 31–February 17, 1949
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Saint Louis City Art Museum
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Philadelphia February 27–March 14, 1949
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Carnegie Institute
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Toledo March 22–March 31, 1949
  Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Co-operation with The Department of The Army
  Toledo Museum of Art.
  14, no. 138 and ill., as "Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
• Amsterdam June 17–September 17, 1950
  120 Beroemde schilderrijen uit het Kaiser-Friederich-Museum te Berlijn
  Rijksmuseum
  56, no. 112 and ill. 107
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  152–155, no. 12 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  152–155, no. 12 and ill.
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés. Museo Nacional del Prado
  174–175, no. 36 and ill.
• Rome November 11, 2008–February 15, 2009
  Da Rembrandt a Vermeer: Valori civili nella pittura fiamminga e olandese del '600 Fondazione Roma
  Museo del Corso
  104–105, no. 33 and ill.
• Tokyo June 13–September 17, 2012
  From Renaissance to Rococo: Four Centuries of European Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
  National Museum of Western Art
• Paris February 20–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
  section 6, no. 4, ill. page 148
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 19 and ill.

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Woman Holding a Balance

c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas
42.5 x 38 cm. (16 3/4 x 15 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 24

• New York 1912
  Exhibition of Old Masters for the Benefit of The Artists' Funds and Artists' Aid Societies
  M. Knoedler & Co
  53, no. 49.
• Detroit 1925
  A Loan Exhibition of Dutch Paintings
  Institute of Arts
  no. 33 and ill.
• Chicago 1933
  A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture
  Art Institute of Chicago
  13, no. 80, as "A Woman Weighing Gold," lent by Mr. Joseph Widener
• Philadelphia 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  342–343, no. 118 and ill.
• Berlin 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
  no. 118
• London September 7–November 18, 1984
  Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting
  Royal Academy of Arts
  no. 118
• Washington D.C. 1995–1996
  Dutch Cabinet Galleries
  National Gallery of Art
  no catalogue
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  140–145, no. 10 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  140–145, no. 10 and ill.
• Washington D.C May 17–August 9, 1998
  A Collector's Cabinet
  National Gallery of Art
  no. 61, fig. 14.
• Washington D.C. November 24, 1999–February 6, 2000
  Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting
  National Gallery of Art
  brochure, fig. 9
• Osaka April 4–July 2, 2000
  The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
  Municipal Museum of Art
  182–185, no. 33 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 73 and ill., as "Woman with a Balance"
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 73 and ill., as "Woman with a Balance"
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  172–173, no. 35 and ill.
• Amsterdam March 11–June 1, 2009
  Woman Holding a Balance
  Rijksmuseum
  no catalogue
• Munich March 17–June 19, 2011
  Vermeer in Munich: King Max I Joseph of Bavaria as a Collector of Old Masters
  Alte Pinakothek
  no. 1 and ill.
• Detroit August 9–Labour Day (about), 2012
  "Woman Holding a Balance"
  Detroit Institue of Art
• Paris February 20–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
  section 14, no. 2, ill. page 192
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 20 and ill.

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The Concert

c. 1663–1666
Oil on canvas
72.5 x 64.7 cm. (28 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 1

• Boston 5–28 March, 1897
  One Hundred Masterpieces
  Copely Hall, Copley Society
  no. 98, as "The Muscians," lent by Mrs. John L. Gardner

20

A Lady Writing

c. 1662–1667
Oil on canvas
45 x 39.9 cm. (17 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 43

• Brussels 1873
  Exposition de tableaux et dessins d'anciens maitres organisée par la société néerlandaise de bienfaisance à Bruxelles
  Musées Royaux
  76, no. 264
• New York 1908 (1908 and 1909–1913)
  Loan to display with the permanent collection
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• New York September 25–October 9, 1909
  The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  137, no. 136
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed: Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  37, no. 86a
• New York April, 1939–October, 1940
  Masterpieces of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300–1800
  New York World's Fair
  195, no. 399, pl. 72
• New York 1940
  Loan Exhibition of Allied Art for Allied Aid for the Benefit of the Red Cross War Relief Fund
  M. Knoedler & Co.
  no. 6
• New York 1941
  Loan Exhibition in Honor of Royal Cortizzos and His 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune
  M. Knoedler & Co.
  18–19, no. 17
• New York 1942
  Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century
  Duveen Galleries
  89 and 159, no. 68, ill.
• Raleigh (NC) 1943
  An Exhibition of Paintings by Living Masters of the Past
  The North Carolina State Art Society Gallery
  unnumbered catalogue and ill.
• Baltimore October 10–November 21, 1943
  The Baltimore Museum of Art Presents an Exhibition of Paintings by Living Masters of the Past
  Baltimore Museum of Art
  unnumbered catalogue and ill.
• New York 1946
  Loan Exhibition: 24 Masterpieces
  M. Knoedler & Co.
  no. 15, ill.
• Paris 1976
  Chefs-d'oeuvre des Musées des Etats-Unis de Giorgione à Picasso
  Musée Marmottan
  no. 18 and ill.
• Leningrad 1976
  Zapadnoevropeiskaia i Amerikanskaia zhivopis is muzeev ssha (West European and American Painting from the Museums of USA)
  State Hermitage Museum
  unpaginated and unnumbered catalogue
• Moscow 1976
  Zapadnoevropeiskaia i Amerikanskaia zhivopis is muzeev ssha (West European and American Painting from the Museums of USA)
  State Pushkin Museum
  unpaginated and unnumbered catalogue
• Kiev 1976
  Zapadnoevropeiskaia i Amerikanskaia zhivopis is muzeev ssha (West European and American Painting from the Museums of USA)
  State Museum
  unpaginated and unnumbered catalogue
• Minsk 1976
  Zapadnoevropeiskaia i Amerikanskaia zhivopis is muzeev ssha (West European and American Painting from the Museums of USA)
  State Museum
  unpaginated and unnumbered catalogue
• Tokyo 1987
  Space in European Art: Council of Europe Exhibition in Japan
  National Museum of Western Art
  no. 86
• Leningrad 1989
  Masterpieces of Western European Painting of the XVIth-XXth Centuries from the Museums of the European Countries and USA
  Hermitage Museum
  no. 14 and ill.
• San Francisco 1990–1991
  Great Dutch Paintings from America, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
  no. 67, color ill., as "A Girl Writing a Letter."
• Frankfurt 1993–94
  Leselust: Niederländische Malerei von Rembrandt bis Vermeer
  Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
  no. 85 and ill.
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer.
  National Gallery of Art
  156–159, no. 13 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  156–159, no. 13 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 24, 1999–February 6, 2000
  Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting
  National Gallery of Art
• Kyoto January 30-April 4, 1999
  Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
  no. 83 and ill.
• Tokyo 1999
  Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  Metropolitan Art Museum Metropolitan Art Museum
  no. 83 and ill.
• Newark October 17, 2001–January 20, 2002
  Art and Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt
  Newark Museum
  no. 108, fig. 108 (shown only in Denver)
• Denver March 2–May 26, 2002
  Art and Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt
  Denver Art Museum
  no. 108, fig. 108
• Dublin October 1–December 31, 2003
  Love Letters: Dutch Genre painting in the Age of Vermeer
  National Gallery of Ireland
  no. 38, fig. 55 and ill. 181
• Rotterdam October 23, 2004–January 9, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  no. 69 and ill.
• FrankfurtFebruary 10–May 1, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
  no. 69 and ill.
• Pasadena November 7, 2008–February 16, 2009
  Vermeer's A Lady Writing from the National Gallery of Art
  Norton Simon Museum
• Kyoto 25 June–16 October, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Municipal Museum of Art
  no. 42 and ill.
• Sendai October 27, 2011–December 12, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Miyagi Museum of Art
  no. 42 and ill.
• Tokyo December 23–March 14, 2012
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  The Bunkamura Museum of Art
  no. 42 and ill.
• Boston October 11, 2015–January 18, 2016
  Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
  Museum of Fine Arts
  137, 151–52, 170, cat. no. 31 and ill.
• Kansas City February 4–May 29, 2016
  Reflecting Class in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer.
  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
• Norfolk November 1–December 18, 2016
  A Lady Writing
  Chrysler Museum of Art
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 2, no.3, ill. page 126
• Dublin June 1–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivaly
  Musée du Louvre
  section 2, no.3, ill. page 126
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 2, no.3, ill. page 126
• Washington D. C. October 8, 2022–January 8, 2023
  Vermeer's Secrets
  National Gallery of Art
• Washington D. C. October 8, 2022–January 8, 2023
  Vermeer's Secrets
  National Gallery of Art
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 22 and ill.

21

The Art of Painting

c. 1662–1668
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm. (47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 31

• Zurich October 1946–March, 1947
  Meisterwerke aus Oesterreich
  Kunsthaus
  no. 426
• Brussels April–June, 1947
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
  no. 148
• Amsterdam July–October, 1947
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
  no. 193
• Paris November 1947–March, 1948
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
  no. 193
• Stockholm May–October 1948
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
• Copenhagen December 1948–March 1949
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
• London 12 May–3 September, 1949
  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections
  Tate Gallery
  no. 191
• Washington D.C November 20, 1949–January 22, 1950
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  National Gallery of Art
  34, no. 124 and ill.. color, plate iv, as "The Artist in his Studio"
• New York February–May, 1950
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  34, no. 124 and ill. color, pl. iv, as "The Artist in his Studio"
• San Francisco July–October 1950
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  M.H. De Young Memorial Museum
  34, no. 124 and ill.. color, plate iv, as "The Artist in his Studio"
• Chicago November 9,1950–January 19, 1951
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  The Art Institute of Chicago
  34, no. 124 and ill.. color, plate iv, as "The Artist in his Studio"
• St Louis March 4–April 22, 1951
  Imperial Vienna Art Treasures
  Saint Louis Art Museum
• Toledo May–June, 1951
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  Toledo Museum of Art
• Toronto August–September, 1951
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
• Boston October, 1951–January, 1952
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  Museum of Fine Art.
• Philadelphia February–April, 1952
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Oslo May–July 1952
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
  no. 176
• Innsbruck August–November, 1952
  Art Freasures from the Vienna Collections
• Vienna 1953
  Österreichs Amerika: usstellung "Kunstschätze aus Wien"
  Kunsthistorisches Museum
  no. 264
• Zurich 1953
  Hollander des 17. Jahrhundert
  Kunsthau
  no. 173
• Rome January 4–February 14, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento
  Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  90, no. 177 and ill. in cover, as "L'atelier"
• Milan February 25–April 25, 1954
  Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento. Palazzo Reale
  90, no. 177 and ill. in cover, as "L'atelier"
• Delft/Antwerp 1964–1965
  De schilder in zijn wereld: Van Jan van Eyck tot Van Gogh en Ensor
  Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft/Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
  no. 113 (shown in Delft only)
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. IX
• Washington D.C November 24, 1999–February 8, 2000
  Johannes Vermeer's The Art of Painting
  National Gallery of Art
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 76
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 76
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  178–181, no.38 and ill.
• The Hague 25 March–26 June, 2005
  De Weense Vermeer, een bijzonder bruikleen (The Vienna Vermeer, an exceptional loan)
  Mauritshuis
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  184–188, no. 30 and ill.
• Vienna 25 January–25 April, 2010
  Vermeer: The Art of Painting
  Kunsthistorisches Museum
  no. 1 and ill.

22

Girl with a Pearl Earring

c. 1665–1667
Oil on canvas
46.5 x 40 cm. (18 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 23

• The Hague 1890
  Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Pulchri Studio
  57, no. 117
• Paris April–May1921
  Exposition hollandaise: Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins anciens et modernes
  Jeu de Paume
  10, no. 106 and ill.
• Rome January 5–April 28, 1928
  Mostra di capolavori della pittura olandese
  Galleria Borghese
  100, no. 125 and ill., as "Testa di Fanciulla"
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  145, no. 306
• The Hague 1945
  Nederlandsche kunst van de XVde en XVIde eeuw
  Mauritshuis
  no. 134
• Antwerp 1946
  De Hollandsche Schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt. Keuze van Meesterwerken uit Nederlandsche Musea
  Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
  no. 91 and ill.
• Delft November–April, 1950
  Het Koninklijke kabinet 'Het Mauritshuis' in het museum 'Het Prinsenhof' te Delft
  Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof
  11, no. 27
• The Hague June 24–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. V and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. VI and ill.
• Washington D.C. April 23–October 31, 1982
  Mauritshuis, Dutch Paintings of the Golden Age
  National Gallery of Art
  120–121, no. 38 and ill.
• Tokyo April 24–June 10, 1984
  Dutch Paintings of the Golden Age from the Royal Picture Gallery
  Mauritsuis
  110–111, no. 40 and ill., as "Head of a Girl"
• Paris February 19–June 30, 1986
  De Rembrandt à Vermeer: Les peintres hollandais au Mauritshuis à la Haye
  Grand Palais
  358–362, no. 54 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  166–169, no. 15 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  166–169, no. 15 and ill.
• Osaka April 4–July 2, 2000
  The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
  Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
  186–189, no. 34 and ill.
• Tokyo June 20–September 17, 2012
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  Tokyo Art Museum
• Kobe October 1, 2012–December 23, 2013
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  City Museum Kobe.
• San Francisco January 26–June 2, 2013
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
• Atlanta June 22–September 29, 2013
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  High Museum of Art
• New York October 22, 2013–January 12, 2014
  Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery
  The Frick Collection
• Bologna February 8–May 25, 2014
  La ragazza con l'orecchino di perla: Il mito della Golden Age. Da Vermeer a Rembrandt capolavori dal Mauritshuis
  Palazzo Fava
• The Hague October 7, 2021–January 9, 2022
  Facelifts & Makeovers
  Mauritshuis, The Hague
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 25 and ill.

23

Girl with a Red Hat

c. 1665–1667
Oil on panel
23.2 x 18.1 cm. (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 17

• New York 1925
  Loan Exhibition of Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century
  M. Knoedler & Co
  no. 1.
• Cambridge 1927
  Loan exhibition for the opening of the new building
  Fogg Art Museum
  no catalogue
• New York 1928
  A Loan Exhibition of Twelve Masterpieces of Painting
  M. Knoedler & Co
  no. 12
• Washington D.C 1995–1996
  Dutch Cabinet Galleries
  National Gallery of Art
  brochure, fig. 11
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  160–165, no. 14 and ill.
• The Hague, March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  160–165, no. 14 and ill.
• Washington D.C May 17–August 9, 1998
  A Collector's Cabinet
  National Gallery of Art
  no. 60
• Washington D.C 1999
  Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting
  National Gallery of Art
  brochure, fig. 11
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 74 and ill.
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The National Gallery
  no. 74 and ill.
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  176–177, no. 37 and ill.
• Rome 27 September, 2012–20 January, 2013
  Vermeer: Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  216, no. 49 and ill.
• Raleigh (NC) October 12, 2014–January 4, 2015
  Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and their Contemporaries
  231, no. 43 and ill.
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Washington D. C. October 8, 2022–January 8, 2023
  Vermeer's Secrets
  National Gallery of Art
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 24 and ill.
• Amsterdam 7 June–10 October, 2023
  Six Vermeers
  Gallery of Honour, Rijksmuseum
  
• Antwerp October 20, 2023–January 21, 2024
  Turning Heads; Bruegel, Rubens and Rembrandt
  October 20, 2023–January 21, 2024
  Koninklijk Museum van Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen

24

Mistress and Maid

c. 1666–1668
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 78.7 cm. (35 1/2 x 31 in.)
Frick Collection, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 2

• Paris 1889
  Catalogue of the celebrated collection of paintings by modern and old masters and of water colors and drawings formed by Mr. E. Secrétan
  Charles Sedelmeyer Galleries
  138, no. 139 and ill., as "The Lady and the Servant," from the collection of Dufour Marseille)
• New York 3 June–2 November, 2008
  Frick's Vermeers Reunited
  Frick Collection
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 22 and ill.

25

Girl with a Flute

c. 1665–1670
Oil on panel
20 x 17.8 cm. (7 7/8 x 7 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 13

• The Hague 1907
  Loan to display with permanent collection
  Mauritshuis.
• The Hague 1919
  La Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam
  Pulchri Studio
  no. 131 and ill.
• Copenhagen January, 1920
  La Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam
  National Gallery of Denmark
  (unlisted in exh. cat.)
• Stockholm February, 1920
  La Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam
  Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
  (unlisted in exh. cat.)
• Oslo March, 1920
  La Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam
  Oslo Konstforening
  (unlisted in exh. cat.)
• Rotterdam May–June, 1920
  La Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam
  Academie van Beeldende Kunsten.
  (no. 19. and ill.)
• Washington D.C 1995
  Dutch Cabinet Galleries
  National Gallery of Art
  204–208, no. 23 as "Young Girl with a Flute" by Circle of Johannes Vermeer, and ill.
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  no. 23 as "Young Girl with a Flute" by circle of Johannes Vermeer
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  204–208, no. 23 as "Young Girl with a Flute" by Circle of Johannes Vermeer and ill.
• Washington D.C May 17–August 9, 1998
  A Collector's Cabinet
  National Gallery of Art
  no. 62
• Washington D.C November 24, 1999–February 8, 2000
  Johannes Vermeer's The Art of Painting
  National Gallery of Art
  not in brochure
• Washington D. C. October 8, 2022–January 8, 2023
  Vermeer's Secrets
  National Gallery of Art
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 23 and ill.

26

Study of a Young Woman

c. 1665–1674
Oil on canvas
44.5 x 40 cm. (17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 7

• Düsseldorf August 1904
  Kunsthistorische Ausstellung
  Location unknown
  no. 398, lent by Herzog von Arenberg, Brussels
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. VI, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman, New York and Palm Beach
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer.
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. VII, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman, New York and Palm Beach
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 75
• New York September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008
  The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• New York October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
  The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  online catalogue
• New York September 9–November 29, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece "The Milkmaid"
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 9 and ill.

27

The Astronomer

1668
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm. (19 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Musée du Louvre, Paris

number of exhibitions - 13

• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  V no. X and ill.
• Paris January 1–March 16
  L'Astronome et le Géographe de Vermeer, Napoléon, Exposition Temporaire sous pyramide
• Musée du Louvre
• no. 2
• Frankfurt 1997
  Johannes Vermeer: der Geograph und der Astronom nach 200 Jahren wieder vereint
  Städelschen Kunstinstitut
  no. 2
• Atlanta October 12, 2008–September 6, 2009
  The Louvre and the Masterpiece
  The High Museum of Art
• Minneapolis (MN) October 18, 2009–January 19, 2010
  The Louvre and the Masterpiece
  Institute of Arts
• Budapest 31 October, 2014–15 February, 2015
  Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
  Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budhapest
• Tokyo February 21–June 1, 2015
  Louvre Museum: Genre Paintings: Scenes from Daily Life
  National Art Center
• Boston October 11, 2015–January 18, 2016
  Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
  Museum of Fine Arts
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 18, no.3, ill. page 210
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
  section 18, no.3, ill. page 210
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
  section 18, no. 3, ill. page 210
• Abu Dhabi Nov. 1, 2021–May 30, 2023
  (fourth anniversary special exhibition)
  Louvre Abu Dhabi

28

The Geographer

c. 1668–1669
Oil on canvas
53 x 46.6 cm. (20 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 22

• Paris 1866
  Exposition rétrospective tableaux anciens empruntés aux galeries particulières
  Palais des Champs-Elysées
  35, no. 106
• Paris 1874
  Exposés au profit de la colonisation de l'Algérie par les Alsaciens-Lorrains
  Palais de la Présidence du Corps léegislatif
  60, no. 332
• Paris 1898
  Illustrated catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters of Dutch, Flemish, French, and English School Being Some of the Principal Pictures Which Have at Various Times Formed Part of Sedelmeyer Gallery
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  104, no. 87 and ill.
• Paris 1914
  Hundred Masterpieces. A Selection from the Pictures by Old Master
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  54, no. 25 and ill.
• Rotterdam 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  38, no. 87 and ill. 68
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  170–175, no. 16 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
  170–175, no. 16 and ill.
• Frankfurt 1997
  Johannes Vermeer: der Geograph und der Astronom nach 200 Jahren wieder vereint
  Städelschen Kunstinstitut
  no.1
• Osaka 4 April–2 July, 2000
  The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
  Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
  190–193, no. 35 and ill.
• Kassel February 14–May 11, 2003
  Johannes Vermeer: Der Geograph. Die Wissenschaft der Malerei (The Geographer. The Science of Painting)
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Museumslandschaft Hessen
• Rotterdam October 23, 2004–January 9, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
• Frankfurt February 10–May 1, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
• Bilbao October 7, 2010–January 23, 2011
  The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Städel Museum
  Guggenheim
• Aichi (Japan) June 11–August 28, 2011
  The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Städel Museum
  Toyota Municipal Museum of Aichi
• Budapest October 31, 2014–February 15, 2015
  Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
  Szépművészeti Múzeum
• Frankfurt October 7, 2015–January 24, 2016
  Masterworks in Dialogue: Eminent Guests for the Anniversary
  Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
• St. Petersburg August 27–November 20, 2016
  Johannes Vermeer: "The Geographer" fom the Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Masterpieces from the World's Museums in the Hermitage)
  Hermitage
• Paris February 20–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 18, no.4, ill. page 211
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
  section 18, no.4, ill. page 211
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art|
  section 18, no. 4, ill. page 211
• Madrid June 25–September 29, 2019
  Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Parallel Visions
  Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 30 and ill.

29

The Love Letter

c. 1667–1670
Oil on canvas
44 x 38.5.cm. (17 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
museum contact

-

number of exhibitions - 27

• Amsterdam 1867
  Katalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Arti et amicitiae
  18, no. 113
• The Hague 1890
  Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Pulchri Studio
  56, no. 116
• Amsterdam 1892
  "Rembrandt." Vereeniging tot behoud in Nederland van Kunstschatten
  Arti et Amicitiae
  unpaginated, no. A
• Amsterdam October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  30, no. 169
• New York 1954
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pitcures of Seventeenth Century
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 86 and ill.
• Toronto 1954–1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Art Gallery of Toronto
  86 and ill.
• Toledo (OH) January 2–February 13, 1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Toledo Museum of Art
  87 and ill.
• Rome December 1956–January 1957
  Le XVII siècle Européen. Réalisme classique baroque
  Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  245–246, no. 310 and pl. 27.
• Oslo October 9–December 6, 1959
  Fra Rembrandt til Vermeer
  Nasjonalgallieret
  no. 84
• London 1964
  The Orange and the Rose. Holland and Britain in the Age of Observation 1600–1750
  Victoria and Albertum Museum
  44, no. 74 and ill. 5
• Stockholm March 30–April 30, 1967
  Holländska mästare: I svensk ägo
  Nationalmuseum
  26 and ill. 9
• Brussels September 23–November 21, 1971
  Rembrandt en zijn tijd
  Palaeis voor Schone Kunsten
  132–133, no. 112 and ill.
• Amsterdam September 16–December 5, 1976
  Tot lering en vermaak. Betekenissen van Hollande genrevoorstellingen uit de zeventiende eeuw
  Rijksmuseum
  268–271, no. 71 and ill.7
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  180–185, no. 18 and ill.
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  182–183, no. 39 and ill.
• Dublin 1 October–31 December, 2003
  Love letters: Dutch Genre Painting in the Age of Vermeer
  National Gallery of Ireland
  no. 38 bis, fig. 58 and ill. 185
• Frankfurt 10 February–1 May, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
• Melbourne 24 June–2 October, 20, 2005
  Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum
  National Gallery of Victoria
• Rome April 27–18 June, 2006
  Una lettera d'amore dall'Olanda: Vermeer a Palazzo Barberini
  Galleria d'arte antica di Palazzo Barberini
  no catalogue
• Vancouver May 9 to September 13, 2009
  Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
  Vancouver Art Gallery
• Amsterdam 2 October, 2008–18 January, 2009
  125 grote liefdes: Met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt
  Van Gogh Museum
• Paris October 7 2009–February 7, 2010
  The Dutch Golden Age: From Rembrandt to Vermeer
  Pinacothèque de Paris
  23, no. 126 and ill.
• Doha March 11–June 6, 2011
  The Golden Age of Dutch Painting, Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
  Museum of Islamic Art
• St Petersburg October 14–November 6, 2011
  Love Letter by Vermeer. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  In the Masterpieces from the World`s Museums in the Hermitage series. Italian Cabinet (233),
  New Hermitage.
• Istanbul February 21–June 10, 2012
  Where Darkness Meets Light. Rembrandt and his Contemporaries
  Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul
  210, no. 93
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 31 and ill.

30

The Lacemaker

c. 1669–1671
Oil on canvas (attached to panel)
24.5 x 21 cm. (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 13

• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  36–37 and ill. 65
• Amsterdam October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  29, no. 166 and ill. 84
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 7 and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. 8 and ill.
• Paris November 17, 1970–Febraury 15, 1971
  Le siécle de Rembrandt.: Tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises
  Musée du Petit Palais
  228–229, no. 222 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  176–179, no.17 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  176–179, no.17 and ill.
• Frankfurt February 10–May 1, 2005
  Senses and Sins: Dutch Painters of Daily Life in the Seventeenth Century
  Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
• Cambridge October 5, 2011–January 15, 2012
  Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence
  The Fitzwilliam Museum
  210, no. 29 and ill.
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  (section 15, no.4, ill. page 194
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
  (section 15, no.4, ill. page 194
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
  (section 15, no. 4, ill. page 194
• Abu Dhabi February 14–May 18, 2019
  Louvre Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi
  Abu Dhabi
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 27 and ill.

31

The Guitar Player

c. 1670–1673
Oil on canvas
53 x 46.3 cm. (20 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Kenwood House English Heritage as Trustees of the Iveagh Bequest, London

number of exhibitions - 8

• London 1871
  An Exhibition of the Old Masters, Associated with Works of Deceased Masters of the British School
  Royal Academy
  no. 266, as "The Lute Player," lent by LR. T. Hon. W. Cowper-Temp
• London 1892
  Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School including a Collection of Watercolour Drawings, Studies, and Sketches from Nature
  Royal Academy
  no. 46, as "The Lute Player," lent by Lord Ivea
• London November–December, 1922
  Old Masters
  Agnew & Sons Ltd, London
  no. 33
• London January 12–March, 1928
  Exhibition of Works by Late Members of the Royal Academy and of the Iveagh Bequest of Works by Old Masters (Kenwood collection)
  Royal Academy, London
  no. 216
• Manchester April 2–June 2, 1928
  Exhibition of Old Masters Presented to the Nation by the Late Earl of Iveagh
  Manchester City Art Gallery
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. VIII.
• London July, 2012–2013
  The Guitar Player
  National Gallery
• London June 26–September 8, 2013
  Vermeer and Music: Love and Leisure in the Dutch Golden Age
  National Gallery
  68, no. 24 and ill.

32

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid

c. 1670–1671
Oil on canvas
71.1 x 58.4 cm. (28 x 23 in.)
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 26

• Paris 1898
  Illustrated catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters of Dutch, Flemish, French, and English School Being Some of the Principal Pictures Which Have at Various Times Formed Part of Sedelmeyer Gallery
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  102, no. 86 and ill., as "The Billet-doux "
• Paris 1914
  Hundred Masterpieces: A Selection from the Pictures by Old Masters
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  48, no. 22 and ill.
• London January 4–March 9, 1929
  Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450–1900
  Royal Academy of Arts
  148–149, no. 314, as "The Love-Letter"
• London 1929
  Dutch Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Dutch Art at Burlington House, London
  Burlington House
  88, no. 106 and ill., As "The Letter"
• Rotterdam July 9–October 9, 1935
  Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed. Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
  35–36, no. 82 and ill.
• Amsterdam October 21–November 3, 1935
  Vermeer tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de plechtige opening van het Rijksmuseum op 13 July, 1885
  Rijksmuseum
  28, no. 164
• London 1938
  Exhibition of the King's Pictures
  Royal Academy of Arts
  1: 106, no. 253, as "The Love Letter," 2: 62 and ill. 253
• Cape Town 1949
  Skilderye van ou Meesters uit de Beit-Versameling
  Nationale Kunstmuseum
  2 and 13, no. 35
• New York 1954
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age: An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 111
• Toronto 1954–1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pitcures of Seventeenth Century
  Art Gallery of Toronto
  86 and ill.
• Toledo (OH) January 2–February 13, 1955
  Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. An Exhibition of Dutch Pictures of Seventeenth Century
  Toledo Museum of Art
  86 and ill.
• The Hague 25 June–5 September, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. X and ill.
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. XI and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  186–189, no. 19 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  186–189, no. 19 and ill.
• Dublin October 1–December 31, 2003
  Love Letters: Dutch Genre Painting in the Age of Vermeer
  National Gallery of Ireland
  no. 39, fig. 59 and ill. 187
• Greenwich (CT) 30 January, 2004–1 May, 2004
  Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer
  Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
  no. 39, fig. 59, repro 187 and ill.
• Kyoto 25 June–16 October, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Municipal Museum of Art
  132, no. 43 and ill.
• Sendai 27 October, 2011–12 December, 2011
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  Miyagi Museum of Art
  132, no. 43 and ill.
• Tokyo 23 December–14 March, 2012
  Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer
  The Bunkamura Museum of Art
  132, no. 43 and ill.
• Frankfurt 7 October, 2015–24 January, 2016
  Masterworks in Dialogue: Eminent Guests for the Anniversary
  Städel Museum
• Paris February 20–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 1, no. 5, ill. page 120
• Dublin June 17–September 17, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Ireland
  section 1, no. 5, ill. page 120
• Washington D.C. October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  National Gallery of Art
  section 1, no. 5, ill. page 120
• Tokyo October 5, 2018 –February 3, 2019
  Making the Difference : Vermeer and Dutch Art
  Ueno Royal Museum
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 35 and ill.

33

A Lady Standing at a Virginal

c. 1670–1674
Oil on canvas
51.7 x 45.2 cm. (20 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
National Gallery, London
email contact

number of exhibitions - 15

• Paris 1866
  Exposition rétrospective tableaux anciens empruntés aux galeries particulières
  Palais des Champs-Elysées
  6, no. 108.
• Amsterdam 1867
  Katalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters
  Arti et amicitiae
  39, no. 274
• Paris September 24–November 28, 1966
  Dans la lumière de Vermeer
  Musée de l'Orangerie
  no. 12 and ill.
• The Hague June 25–September 5, 1966
  In het licht van Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  no. 11 and ill.
• London 1976
  Art in Seventeenth-Century Holland
  National Gallery
  92–93, no. 116 and ill.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  196–199, no. 21 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  196–199, no. 21 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 78
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 78
• Madrid February 19–May 18, 2003
  Vermeer y el interior holandés
  Museo Nacional del Prado
  184–185, no. 40 and ill.
• Newcastle upon Tyne 19 April–13 July, 2008
  Love is in the Air
  Laing Art Gallery
  no catalogue
• Rome September 27, 2012–January 20, 2013
  Vermeer. Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  224, no. 51 and ill.
• London June 26–September 8, 2013
  Vermeer and Music: Love and Leisure in the Dutch Golden Age
  National Gallery of Art
  65, no. 22 and ill.
• Dresden June, 4–September 12, 2021
  Vermeer: On Reflection
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 33 and ill.

34

A Lady Seated at a Virginal

c. 1670–1675
Oil on canvas
51.5 x 45.5 cm. (20 1/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
National Gallery, London
email contact

number of exhibitions - 19

• London 1894
  Exhibition of Works by Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of British School
  Royal Academy of Arts
  22, no. 93, as "A Lady at a Spinet," lent by T. Humphry Ward, Esq.
• Paris 1898
  Illustrated catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters of Dutch, Flemish, French, and English School Being Some of the Principal Pictures Which Have at Various Times Formed Part of Sedelmeyer Gallery
  Sedelmeyer Gallery
  102, no. 85 and ill., as "A Lady at a Spinet"
• London 1900
  Exhibition of Pictures by Dutch Masters of Seventeenth Century
  Burlington Fine Arts Club
  24, no. 15 as "A Lady Playing the Clavichord," lent by George Salting, Esq.
• London 1907
  Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, Decorative Furniture and Other Works of Art (Winter Exhibition)
  Burlington Fine Arts Club
  4, no. 13, lent by Otto Beit
• London 1976
  Art in Seventeenth-Century Holland
  The National Gallery
  93, no. 117 and ill.
• Modena, Italy 15 April–15 July, 2006
  Vermeer: La ragazza alla spinetta e i pittori di Delft
  Galleria Estense
  134–135, no. 18.
• Washington D.C. November 12, 1995–February. 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  200–203 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  200–203, no. 22 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 79
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 79
• Modena (Italy) April 15–July 15, 2006
  Vermeer: La ragazza alla spinetta e i pittori di Delft
  Galleria Estense
  134–135, no. 18 and ill.
• Cambridge October 5, 2011–January 21, 2012
  Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence
  Fitzwilliam Museum
  206, no. 27 and ill.
• London June 26–September 8, 2013
  Vermeer and Music: Love and Leisure in the Dutch Golden Age
  National Gallery
  66, no. 23 and ill.
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  section 4, no. 3, ill. Page 138
• Tokyo June 18–October 18, 2020
  Masterpieces from the National Gallery
  National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
• Osaka November 3, 2020–January 31, 2021
  Masterpieces from the National Gallery
  National Museum of Art, Osaka
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 34 and ill.

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Allegory of Faith

c. 1670–1674
Oil on canvas
114.3 x 88.9 cm. (45 x 35 in.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
museum contact

number of exhibitions - 13

• New York November 15, 1932–April 9, 1933
  The Michael Friedsam Collection
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• Delft May 17–August 12, 1952
  Prisma der bijbelse kunst
  Stedelijk Museum 'Het Prinsehof'
  216–217, no. 324 and ill.
• Dallas October 10–30, 1953
  Trompe l'Oeil: Paintings that Fool the Eye by Masters from Vermeer to Dali
  Dallas Museum of Art
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–11 February, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  190–195, no. 20 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  190–195, no. 20 and ill.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 77
• London June 20–September 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  no. 77.
• New York September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008
  The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• New York September 9–November 29, 2009
  Vermeer's Masterpiece 'The Milkmaid'
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  no. 10 and ill.
• Rome 27 September, 2012–20 January, 2013
  Vermeer: Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  218, no. 50 and ill.
• Budapest 31 October, 2014–15 February, 2015
  Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
  Szépművészeti Múzeum
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  no. 81
• Osaka 13 November 2021–January 16, 2022
  European Masterpice from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Tokyo Feruary 9–May 3, 2022
  European Masterpice from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 32 and ill.

Questionable

A.

Saint Praxedis

1655
Oil on canvas
101.6 x 82.6 cm. (40 x 32 1/2 in.)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

number of exhibitions - 11

• New York 1969
  Florentine Art from American Collection
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  44–45, no. 39 and ill. 22.
• New York 1984
  Inaugural Exhibition
  Spencer A. Samuels Gallery
  no. 14
• Warsaw 1990
  Opus Sacrum. Catalogue of the Exhibition from the collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson
  Royal Castle
  11, 272–277, no. 48 and ill.
• Cracow 1991
  Jan Vermeer van Delft (1632–1675). Saint Praxedis: An Exhibition of a Painting from the Collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson. International Cultural Center
  Warsaw Royal Castle
  8–28, and several ills.
• Washington D.C November 12, 1995–February 11, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  National Gallery of Art
  86–89, no.1 and ill.
• The Hague March 1–June 2, 1996
  Johannes Vermeer
  Mauritshuis
  86–89, no.1 and ill.
• Monaco 1998
  Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675: Sainte Praxède/Saint Praxedis)
  Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation
• Osaka April 4–July 2, 2000
  The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
  Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
  174–177, no. 31 and ill.
• Rome September 27, 2012–January 20, 2013
  Vermeer: Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  200, no. 45a and ill.
• Tokyo March 17, 2015
  Saint Praxedis
  National Museum of Western Art
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 2 and ill.

Questionable

B.

A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals

(attributed to Vermeer)
Oil on canvas
c. 1670
25.2 x 20 cm. (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
The Leiden Collection, New York

number of exhibitions - 21

• London 1907
  Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, Decorative Furniture and Other Works of Art (Winter Exhibition)
  Burlington Fine Arts Club
  4, no. 13, lent by Otto Beit.
• New York March 8–May 27, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  not in catalogue
• London June 20–Sept. 16, 2001
  Vermeer and the Delft School
  National Gallery
  not in catalogue
• Philadelphia August 11, 2004–March 1, 2005
  "A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals" by Johannes Vermeer
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• Tokyo August 2–December 14, 2008
  Vermeer and the Delft Style
  Metropolitan Art Museum
  190–192, no. 31 and ill.
• New York 2009
  A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
  Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Norfolk (VA) June 1, 2010–January 1, 2011
  A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
  Chrysler Museum of Art
• Cambridge October 5, 2011–January 21, 2012
  Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence
  Fitzwilliam Museum
  208, no. 28 and ill.
• Oxford 2012
  A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
  Ashmolean Museum
• Rome 27 September, 2012–20 January, 2013
  Vermeer: Il secolo d'oro dell'arte olandese
  Scuderie del Quirinale
  220, no. 51 and ill.
• London June 26–September 8, 2013
  Vermeer and Music: Love and Leisure in the Dutch Golden Age
  National Gallery
  70, no. 25 and ill.
• Philadelphia October 26, 2013–September 21, 2014
  A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals by Johannes Vermeer
• Raleigh (NC) October 12, 2014–January 4, 2015
  Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and their Contemporaries
  North Carolina Museum of Art
  225, no. 44 and ill.
• Dallas January 17–August 21, 2016
  Vermeer Suite: Music in 17th-Century Dutch Painting
  Dallas Museum of Art
  no catalogue
• Paris February 22–May 22, 2017
  Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
  Musée du Louvre
  (section 4, no.2, ill. page 137
• Beijing 17 June–3 September, 2017
  Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection
  National Museum of China
• Shanghai September 23, 2017–ebruary 25, 2018
  Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals in the Dutch Golden Age: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection
  Long Museum
• Moscow March 28–July 22, 2018
  The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer: Masterpieces of The Leiden Collection
  The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
• St. Petersburg September 5, 2018–January 13, 2019
  The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer: Masterpieces of The Leiden Collection
  The State Hermitage Museum
• Abu Dhabi February 14–May 18, 2019
  Louvre Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi
  Abu Dhabi
• Amsterdam February 10–June 4, 2023
  VERMEER
  Rijksmuseum
  no. 37 and ill.
• Amsterdam 7 June–10 October, 2023
  Six Vermeers
  Gallery of Honour, Rijksmuseum