Johannes Vermeer

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Dutch Golden Age painter human painter

Johannes Vermeer was a 17th-century Dutch painter renowned for his masterful use of light and color in intimate domestic interior scenes such as "Girl with a Pearl Earring."

Aliases (9)

Jan Vermeer van Delft ×3
Jan Vermeer ×2
Gertruy Vermeer ×1
Jan Vermeer the Elder ×1
Johannes Vermeer (son of the painter) ×1
Maria Vermeer ×1
Vermeer ×1
Vermeer catalogues raisonnés ×1
Vermeer family ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch Golden Age painter → human → painter →
alternateName	Jan Vermeer → Jan Vermeer van Delft → Johannes van der Meer →
artStyle	realism →
baptismDate	1632-10-31 →
birthDate	1632-10-31 →
birthName	Johannes Vermeer →
burialPlace	Oude Kerk, Delft →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
deathDate	1675-12-15 →
estimatedNumberOfPaintings	about 34 →
ethnicGroup	Dutch →
fieldOfWork	painting →
genre	domestic interior scene → genre painting → portrait →
influenced	Impressionist painters → modern realist painters →
influencedBy	Caravaggio → Dutch genre painters →
knownFor	intimate domestic interior scenes → masterful use of light → subtle use of color →
memberOf	Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) →
movement	Baroque → Dutch Golden Age →
name	Johannes Vermeer →
notableWork	A Lady Writing a Letter → Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window → Girl with a Pearl Earring → Officer and Laughing Girl → The Art of Painting → The Astronomer → The Concert → The Geographer → The Lacemaker → The Little Street → The Milkmaid → The Music Lesson → View of Delft → Woman Holding a Balance → Woman in Blue Reading a Letter →
numberOfChildren	15 →
occupation	art dealer → painter →
placeOfBirth	Delft →
placeOfDeath	Delft →
posthumousReputation	rediscovered in the 19th century →
primaryMedium	oil paint →
primarySupport	canvas → panel →
religion	Catholicism →
residence	Delft →
spouse	Catharina Bolnes →
typicalLocationInWorks	city of Delft →
typicalSetting	middle-class domestic interiors →

Referenced by (71)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Lady Writing a Letter → Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window → Girl with a Pearl Earring → Het melkmeisje → Officer and Laughing Girl → Painter in His Studio → The Art of Painting → The Astronomer → The Concert → The Geographer → The Lacemaker → The Little Street → The Milkmaid → The Music Lesson → View of Delft → Woman Holding a Balance → Woman in Blue Reading a Letter →	creator
A Lady Writing a Letter → Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window → Girl with a Pearl Earring → Het melkmeisje → Officer and Laughing Girl → Painter in His Studio → The Art of Painting → The Astronomer → The Concert → The Geographer → The Lacemaker → The Little Street → The Milkmaid → The Music Lesson → Woman Holding a Balance →	artist
Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) → Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) ("Jan Vermeer van Delft") → Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) ("Vermeer") → Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) ("Jan Vermeer the Elder") →	hasMember
Painter in His Studio → The Astronomer → The Little Street → View of Delft →	notableWorkOf
Carel Fabritius → Gerard ter Borch → Pieter de Hooch →	influenced
Catharina Bolnes ("Maria Vermeer") → Catharina Bolnes ("Johannes Vermeer (son of the painter)") → Catharina Bolnes ("Gertruy Vermeer") →	motherOf
Johannes Vermeer ("Jan Vermeer") → Johannes Vermeer ("Jan Vermeer van Delft") →	alsoKnownAs
Johannes Vermeer ("Jan Vermeer") → Johannes Vermeer ("Jan Vermeer van Delft") →	alternateName
Catharina Bolnes → Catharina Bolnes ("Vermeer family") →	associatedWith
Mauritshuis → Rijksmuseum →	notableArtistInCollection
Johannes Vermeer →	birthName
Oude Kerk, Delft →	burialPlaceOf
The Lacemaker ("Vermeer catalogues raisonnés") →	cataloguedIn
Pieter de Hooch →	contemporaryOf
Rotterdam Gate →	depictedBy
Gallery of Honour →	exhibitsWorkBy
Frick Collection →	hasCollectionItemBy
Old Masters →	hasNotableExample
Delft →	hasNotablePerson
Iveagh Bequest →	hasWorkBy
Leonaert Bramer →	influenceOn
Johannes Vermeer →	name
Johannes van der Meer →	nameVariantOf
Dutch Republic →	notableArtist
Dutch Golden Age →	notableFigure
The Geographer →	painter
Catharina Bolnes →	spouse