Maps and History of all Vermeer's Paintings
Three colorful maps provide a complete view of where to see all of Johannes Vermeer's artworks.
About Johannes Vermeer Life
Vermeer was Dutch, lived from 1632-1675. Vermeer lived his life in the small town of Delft near to The Hague. He married Catherine Bolnes and had 15 children, four of whom died at birth.
History of Vermeer's Paintings
Vermeer famously produced only 37 paintings that we know of, and today three of them are no longer attributed to him. After his death, Vermeer's artwork became largely obscure for about two hundred years.
In the 20th century, wealthy American industrialists and financiers began actively buying his works, so that now fourteen of Vermeer's paintings are located in East Coast museum collections. One of those works has been missing since 1990, the result of a theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Another Vermeer at Washington DC's National Gallery has been classified as misattributed or a fake.
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Complete List of Vermeer's Paintings
This is a complete list of Vermeer’s artworks, including the three disputed paintings. For your travel convenience, we’ve grouped them by city and then museum:
UNITED STATES
BOSTON
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Concert
(Stolen and missing since 1990)
NEW YORK CITY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Maid Asleep
Allegory of Faith
Study of a Young Woman
Woman with a Lute
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Frick Collection
Girl Interrupted in her Music
Mistress and Maid
Officer and Laughing Girl
The Leiden Collection
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
(Attributed to Vermeer)
WASHINGTON, DC
National Gallery of Art
A Lady Writing
Girl with a Flute (Now attributed to an associate of Vermeer)
Girl with a Red Hat
Woman Holding a Balance
EUROPE
AMSTERDAM
Rijksmuseum
The Little Street
The Love Letter
The Milkmaid
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
BERLIN
Staatliche Museen Gemaldegalerie
The Glass of Wine
Woman with a Pearl Necklace
BRAUNSCHWEIG (Brunswick)
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
The Girl with a Wine Glass
DRESDEN
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
The Procuress
DUBLIN
National Gallery of Ireland
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
EDINBURGH
National Gallery
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
FRANKFURT
Städelsches Kunstinstitut
The Geographer
THE HAGUE
Koninklijk Kabinet
van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
Diana and her Companions
Girl with a Pearl Earring
View of the Delft
LONDON
National Gallery
A Lady Standing at a Virginal
A Lady Seated at a Virginal
Kenwood House
The Guitar Player
PARIS
Musee du Louvre
The Astronomer
The Lacemaker
VIENNA
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Art of Painting
WINDSOR
The Royal Collection
Windsor Castle
The Music Lesson
JAPAN
TOKYO
National Museum of Western Art
Saint Praxedis
(Attributed to Vermeer)