A painting thought to be by Johannes Vermeer isn’t a Vermeer after all. The 17th-century Dutch master left behind few works, so take even one away and it’s a big deal. New technology is allowing ...

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Scientists and historians at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., have deduced that a painting attributed to Johannes Vermeer, one of four in the museum’s collection, wasn’t painted by the ...

Girl With a Flute was previously believed to be a Vermeer original. National Gallery of Art At first glance, Girl With a Flute looks just like a Johannes Vermeer painting, with soft strokes and muted ...

The National Gallery of Art announced Friday it will reveal new findings about Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer to be examined at the Vermeer’s Secrets exhibition, opening Saturday. The findings from a ...

What makes Johannes Vermeer aka “the Sphinx of Deft” so unique? Is it the way the artist, who lived from 1632 to 1675, bathes his subjects in natural light? The faces of his famous, frequently female ...

Johannes Vermeer, “View of Delft” (1660–61), oil on canvas (Mauritshuis, The Hague; all images courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, unless otherwise noted) AMSTERDAM — If you don’t already have tickets to ...

"It looks like it came from Mars and landed down [on Earth]..." Kino Lorbrer has revealed an official US trailer for a Dutch documentary film titled Close to Vermeer, opening in art house US theaters ...

A young woman in a blue night jacket reads a letter that she holds up to her chest. The morning light glints on the metal tacks in her chairs. Her lips are slightly parted, as if she is murmuring the ...

“The most mysterious and beloved artist of all time.” Without a hint of apology, this is how the general director of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Taco Dibbits, describes Vermeer. And it’s hard to disagree ...

His grinning subjects can be hard to take seriously. But a major exhibition argues that Frans Hals is an old master on par with Rembrandt and Vermeer. By Nina Siegal In her memoir “Thunderclap,” the ...

A show of 76 paintings from the Leiden Collection is on display at the Norton Museum of Art in South Florida. By Joseph B. Treaster What connects a favorite Aimee Mann song, a classic memoir and a ...