Maps and Locations of all Vermeer's Paintings in the World
Three colorful maps provide a complete view of where to see all of Johannes Vermeer's artworks.
ABOUT JOHANNES VERMEER'S LIFE
Vermeer was Dutch and lived from 1632-1675 in the small town of Delft located near to The Hague. He was married Catherine Bolnes and they had 15 children, four of whom died at birth. While there likely are, there are no known and verified living descendants.
HISTORY OF VERMEER'S PAINTINGS
Vermeer famously produced only 37 paintings that we know of, and today two of those works are "attributed" to Vermeer. Interestingly, 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 famous theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Separately, another Vermeer at Washington DC's National Gallery has been reclassified as "attributed to an associate of Vermeer. "
MAP I: LOCATIONS OF VERMEER'S PAINTINGS IN EUROPE
MAP II: LOCATIONS OF VERMEER'S PAINTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES
MAP III: LOCATION OF VERMEER'S PAINTING IN JAPAN
COMPLETE LIST OF VERMEER'S PAINTINGS & LOCATIONS
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:
EUROPE
AMSTERDAM
Rijksmuseum
The Little Street
The Love Letter
The Milkmaid
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
Red Map Amsterdam
BERLIN
Staatliche Museen Gemaldegalerie
The Glass of Wine
Woman with a Pearl Necklace
Red Map Berlin
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
Red Map Dublin
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
Red Map London
PARIS
Musee du Louvre
The Astronomer
The Lacemaker
Red Map Paris
VIENNA
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Art of Painting
Red Map Vienna
WINDSOR
The Royal Collection Windsor Castle
The Music Lesson
UNITED STATES
BOSTON
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Concert (Stolen in 1990, still missing)
Red Map Boston
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)
Red Map Manhattan NYC
WASHINGTON, DC
National Gallery of Art
A Lady Writing
Girl with a Flute (Attributed to an associate of Vermeer)
Girl with a Red Hat
Woman Holding a Balance
Red Map Washington, DC
JAPAN
TOKYO
National Museum of Western Art
Saint Praxedis (Attributed to Vermeer)
Begin Your Journey to See all the Vermeers Here.
