Jan Vermeer Biography

Jan Vermeer biography

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NAME: Jan Vermeer
OCCUPATION: Painter
BIRTH DATE: c. October 31, 1632
DEATH DATE: c. December 16, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH: Delft, Netherlands

PLACE OF DEATH: Delft, Netherlands
AKA: Johannes Vermeer
AKA: Johan Vermeer

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Jan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who masterly used light in his paintings of middle-class interiors. His masterpiece is "Girl With a Pearl Earring."

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Jan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who masterfully shed light on domestic interiors of middle class life. Although he was a minor celebrity during his lifetime, his work was practically forgotten until the 19th century when two men, an art historian and a critic, published a book with sixty-six photos of his work. He is now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age.