Art Archive • Vermeer
Vermeer Gallery
Stillness and light in a single room.
Follow the light that stays within a single room — browse themed works in quiet sequence.
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is the master of the Delft interior — only about three dozen paintings are thought to survive. Rather than sweeping landscapes or dramatic narratives, he painted stillness within a room. Light from the left quietly illuminates walls, cloth, and ceramic surfaces, as if time had paused.
Where Hiroshige opens the road and Hokusai sculpts form, Vermeer keeps the gaze inside the chamber. Each work in the themed gallery breathes that stillness.
Source: holding museums (Rijksmuseum, Mauritshuis, NGA, etc.) via Wikimedia Commons
The Procuress
A Maid Asleep
The Glass of Wine
Young Woman with a Lute
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Study of a Young Woman
A young woman seated at a virginal . [ 1 ] Alternative title(s): A Lady Seated at a Virginal . [ 2 ]
A Young Woman standing at a Virginal
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Diana and her Nymphs
View of Delft
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
'De liefdesbrief' 'The Love Letter'
The lacemaker .
Young Woman with a Wine Glass
De muziekles The Music Lesson
Die Malkunst The Art of Painting
Arabic: ساقية الحليب The Milkmaid
Portrait of a young woman
Woman reading a letter . [ 1 ] Alternative title(s): Woman in Blue Reading a Letter .
Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje' View of Houses in Delft, known as 'The little Street'
De Soldaat en het Lachende Meisje Officer and Laughing Girl
Meisje met de parel Girl with a Pearl Earring
Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace
Girl with the red hat
The Geographer
Girl with a Flute
Woman Holding a Balance
The Astronomer
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