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Vermeer Oeuvre: Exhibitions by Painting

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 nthe Hosue of Martha and Mary, by Johannes vermeer

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, Johannes Vermeer

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
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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.

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, Johannes Vermeer

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, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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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
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Woman with a Lute, Johannes Vermeer

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.
15

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
16

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, Johannes Vermeer

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
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A Lady Writing, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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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.
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Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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Girl with a Red Hat, Johannes Vermeer

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
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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.
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Girl with a Flute, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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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.
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The Astronomer, Johannes Vermeer

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
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The Geographer, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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The Love Letter, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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The Lacemaker, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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The Guitar Player, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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A Lady Standing at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer

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.
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A Lady Seated at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer

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, Johannes Vermeer

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 Praxedsi, attrunted to Johannes Vermeer

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

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