Complete Interactive Vermeer Catalogue: 1653-1675
DIANA AND HER COMPANIONS
c. 1653-1656oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (98.5 x 105 cm.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van
Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
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temporary exhibition:
1 April 2010 – 1 August 2010, Mauritshuis, The Hague
The Young Vermeer
CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF
MARTHA AND MARY
c. 1654-1655oil on canvas
63 x 53 7/8 in. (160 x 142 cm.)
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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temporary exhibition:
1 April 2010 – 1 August 2010, Mauritshuis, The Hague: The Young Vermeer
THE PROCURESS
1656oil in canvas
56 1/2 x 51 1/8 in. (143 x 130 cm.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), Dresden
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A MAID ASLEEP
c. 1657oil on canvas
34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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A GIRL READING A LETTER
BY AN OPEN WINDOW
c. 1657-1659oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (83 x 64.5 cm.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
(Old Masters Picture Gallery), Dresden
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THE LITTLE STREET
c. 1657-1661oil on canvas
21 1/16 x 17 1/8 in. (53.5 c 43.5 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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OFFICER AND LAUGHING GIRL
c. 1655-1660oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (50.5 x 46 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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temporary exhibition:
Sept. 10 - Nov. 29, 2009
Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York: Vermeer’s Masterpiece, "The Milkmaid"
THE MILKMAID
c. 1658-1661oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 16 in. (45.45 x 40.6 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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THE GLASS OF WINE
c. 1658-1660oil on canvas
25 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (65 x 77 cm.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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THE GIRL WITH A GLASS OF WINE
c.1659-1660oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 26 1/8 in. (78 x 67 cm.
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick
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GIRL INTERRUPTED IN HER MUSIC
c. 1658-1661oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (73.3 x 44.4 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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VIEW OF DELFT
c.1660-1661oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (98.5 x 117.5 cm.
Koninklijk Kabinet van
Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
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THE MUSIC LESSON
c. 1662-1664oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (73.3 x 64.5 cm.)
The Royal Collecion, The Windsor Castle
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WOMAN IN BLUE READING A LETTER
c. 1662-1665oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (46.5 x 38 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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temporary exhibition:
11 March - 1 June 2009
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Woman Holding a Balance
WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE
c. 1622-1665oil on canvas
stretcher size: 16 3/4 x 15 in. (42.5 x 38 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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YOUNG WOMAN WITH
A WATER PITCHER
c. 1662-1665oil on canvas
18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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WOMAN WITH A LUTE
c. 1662-1664oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 18 in. (51.4 x 45.7 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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WOMAN WITH A PEARL NECKLACE
c.1662-1665oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/4 in. (55 x 45 cm.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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A LADY WRITING
c. 1665-1666oil on canvas
17 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (45 x 39.9 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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GIRL WITH A RED HAT
c. 1665-1667oil on panel
support: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (23.2 x 18.1 cm.)
painted surface: 9 x 7 1/16 in. (22.8 x 18 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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GIRL WITH A FLUTE
(attributed to Vermeer)c. 1665-1670
oil on panel
7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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THE GIRL WITH
A PEARL EARRING
c. 1665- 1667oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (46.5 x 40 cm.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van
Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague
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Vermeer's Concert was stolen in March 18, 1990 and has not been recovered. If you have any information contact the F.B.I. Art Theft Program or click here.
THE CONCERT
c. 1663-1666oil on canvas
28 1/2 x x25 2 in. (72.5 x 64.7 cm.)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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THE ART OF PAINTING
c. 1662- 1668
oil on canvas
47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in. (120 X 100 cm.)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN
c. 1665–1674oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman,
in memory of Theodore Rousseau Jr
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MISTRESS AND MAID
c. 1666-1667oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 31 in. (90.2 x 78.7 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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temporary exhibitions:
October 12, 2008 - September 6, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia exhibition: The Louvre and the Masterpiece
18 October 2009 - 10 January, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Louvre and the Masterpiece
THE ASTRONOMER
1668oil on canvas
19 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (50 x 45 cm.
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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THE GEOGRAPHER
c.1668-1669oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (53 x 46.6 cm.)
Städelsches Kunstinstitut,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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temporary exhibition:
February 28 – June 14, 2009, Tokyo, Japan: The Louvre Museum Exhibition: 17th Century European Masterpieces
THE LACEMAKER
c.1669-1671
oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (24.5 x 21 cm.)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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temporary exhibitions:
May 9 - September 13, 2009 Vancouver, Canada
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
October 7, 2009 – February 7, 2010
Pinacothèque de Paris , Paris, France: The Dutch Golden Age: From Rembrandt to Vermeer
THE LOVE LETTER
c. 1667-1670oil on canvas
17 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (44 x 38.5.cm)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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THE GUITAR PLAYER
c. 1670-1672oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (53 x 46.3 cm.)
Kenwood House English Heritage
as Trustees of the Iveagh Bequest, England
LADY WRITING A LETTER
WITH HER MAID
c. 1670-1671oil on canvas
28 x 23 in. (71.1 x 58.4 cm.)
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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ALLEGORY OF FAITH
c. 1670- 1674oil on canvas
54 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Michael Friedsam
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A LADY STANDING AT A VIRGINAL
c. 1670-1673oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 17 1/4 in. (51.7 x 45.2 cm.)
National Gallery, London
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A LADY SEATED AT A VIRGINAL
c. 1670-1675oil on canvas
20 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (51.5 x 45.5 cm.)
National Gallery, London
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The painting is temporarily on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from:
January 29 – June , 2009
A YOUNG WOMAN
SEATED AT THE VIRGINALS
c.16709 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.2 x 20 cm.)
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TITLES: Over the years, scholars and museums have given a number of titles to each of Vermeer's paintings. For the sake of uniformity, the titles used in this catalogue are those found in Arthur K. Wheelock's catalogue of Vermeer and the Art of Painting (pp. 169 -186).
DATING: Since very few of Vermeer's paintings were dated by his own hand, the dates proposed in this catalogue are a distillation of those estimated by two contemporary Vermeer scholars: Walter Liedtke and Arthur Wheelock. To resolve discrepancies among them, a range of their dates for each painting has been indicated.
A table of the dates advanced by other important Vermeer scholars can be found at: Dating Vermeer's Paintings.
ATTRIBUTION: There are thirty-four paintings which scholars overwhelmingly agree should be attributed to Johannes Vermeer.
A thirty-fifth, Young Girl with a Flute at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, was likely begun by Vermeer but finished or restored by another; its lack of Vermeer's characteristic refinement has discouraged some scholars from making a firm attribution.
For an informed discussion of this painting, see Arthur Wheelock's article, Young Girl with a Flute, in the catalogue of the 1995-1996 National Gallery of Art Johannes Vermeer Exhibition, pages 204-207 and the catalogue entry of Walter Liedtke's Vermeer: The Complete Paintings, pp. xxx-xxx.
The former Baron Rolin A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal s (temporarily housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) has been included in this catalogue since a committee of notable Vermeer scholars has recently proposed it as a secure addition to Vermeer's limited oeuvre. Not all scholars, however, are in agreement.
Another painting, St. Praxedis, has generated much controversy over the last 20 years as a possible addition to Vermeer's oeuvre. However, an overwhelming consensus among scholars has emerged recently against the inclusion of this work as a genuine Vermeer.
