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Johannes Vermeer

39 works

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age who lived and worked in Delft. Read more

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Woman in a blue jacket reading a letter beside a wall map, with a chair and table in the foreground.

Woman reading a letter

c. 1663

Painting of a young woman with a faint smile, wearing a blue shawl, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Young Woman

ca. 1665-67

Woman in blue skirt and white headcloth pours from a pitcher by a leaded window, with a brass basin on a red-covered table.

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

ca. 1662

Seated woman in blue dress beside a table with a crucifix, chalice and book, before a crucifixion painting and tapestry.

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

ca. 1670-72

Painting of a young woman in a yellow jacket playing a lute by a window, with a wall map and checkered floor.

Young Woman with a Lute

ca. 1662-63

Interior with a woman at a virginal and a standing man beside her, checkered floor and carpet on a table.

The Music Lesson

1662

Woman in white cap writing at a table while a maid stands by a window in a room with a checkered floor.

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid

1670

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace

1663

Oil painting of a man in a blue robe studying a celestial globe by a window, with an open book on a draped table.

The Astronomer

1668

Painting of an artist at an easel in a studio with a woman in blue holding a book and trumpet, beside a wall map.

The Art of Painting

1666

Woman in red dress raising a wine glass beside a man in a black hat at a table in a tiled room with a stained glass window.

The Wine Glass

1658

Johannes Vermeer painting of Diana and nymphs in a wooded setting, one woman washing another's foot beside a gold basin and a

Diana and her Nymphs

1655

Man in blue robe measures a map with dividers beside a window, with a globe and cabinet in the background.

The Geographer

Four figures in an interior drinking wine, a woman in yellow seated on a patterned carpet beside a blue and white jug.

The Procuress

1656

Woman in a blue jacket reading a letter in a sunlit room with a wall map and studded chairs.

Woman reading a letter.[1] Alternative title(s): Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

1662

Woman in a white cap and blue apron pours milk from a jug beside a bread basket in a sunlit kitchen interior.

The Milkmaid

1660

Portrait of a young woman glancing over her shoulder, wearing a blue and yellow head scarf and a pearl earring against a dark

Girl with a Pearl Earring

1665

Painting of a canal city with brick gates, a church spire, moored boats, and figures on a sandy bank under clouds.

View of Delft

1660

Painting of brick houses on a sunlit Delft street, with a seated woman at a doorway and a figure in an alley.

View of Houses in Delft, known as 'The little Street'

1658

Woman in yellow skirt playing lute while a maidservant stands behind her in a tiled, checkered-floor room.

'The Love Letter'

1669

Woman seated at a table near a window, playing a lute, with a wall map and checkered floor in a quiet interior.

Woman with a lute

1662

Painting of a man in a red coat and black hat facing a laughing woman with a white headscarf beside a window and wall map.

Officer and Laughing Girl

1657

Painting of a young woman in a large red hat and blue jacket glancing over her shoulder before an ornate interior.

Girl with the red hat

1665

Painting of a woman asleep at a carpeted table beside fruit and a pitcher, with an open door behind her.

A Woman Asleep -or- A Girl Asleep

1657

Woman in yellow bodice reading a letter by a leaded window, with a green curtain, fruit bowl and Cupid painting.

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

1657

Woman in yellow jacket with fur trim writing with a quill at a blue-covered table in a dim interior.

A lady writing

1665

Vermeer painting of Christ speaking with two women in a dim interior, one serving bread from a basket on a table.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

1654

Painting of a smiling young woman with a white shawl and a pearl earring against a dark background.

Study of a young woman.[1] Alternative title(s): Portrait of a Young Woman

1665

Woman in blue jacket and white headdress holds a balance scale beside a table of pearls and jewelry, lit from a window.

Woman Holding a Balance

1664

Woman in yellow jacket writing at a table while a servant holds a note beside a dark cabinet.

Dame en dienstbodeMistress and Maid

1666

Young woman in a yellow jacket with white fur trim playing a guitar in a room with a landscape painting behind her.

Young woman playing a guitar.[1] Alternative title(s): The guitar player.[2]

1670

Young woman in a yellow shawl turns from a virginal, hands on the keys, in a plain grey room.

Young Woman Seated at a Virginal

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age who lived and worked in Delft. Only some thirty-five paintings are attributed to him, quiet interiors with soft light such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. Browse 39 works by Johannes Vermeer from 17 museums, free to download in HD.