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Summary

Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

De Schilderkonst

The Art of Painting

Alternative title(s):

The Allegory of Painting

Painter in his Studio

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa from 1666 until 1668

Baroque (late 16^th century–1750s)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 120 cm (47.2 in)

; width: 100 cm (39.3 in)

Collection

Kunsthistorisches Museum

	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Vienna, Austria
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 13.69″ N, 16° 21′ 42.43″ E
	Established	17 October 1891
	Website	www.khm.at/en
	Authority file	: Q95569 VIAF: 126584224 ISNI: 0000000121159908 LCCN: n50056014 MusicBrainz: 0cdcd4c5-5d49-4621-a809-87adfaf8eabb OSM: 20165 WorldCat

Current location

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Accession number

GG_9128 (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

Place of creation

Delft

Object history

1946: in collection of Austria

Notes

Jonathan Janson. The Art of Painting. Essential Vermeer. Retrieved on 8 July 2019.

References

Source/Photographer

lAHeqBoLaePtEA — Google Arts & Culture

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current	17:17, 5 July 2016	6,209 × 7,377 (7.47 MB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Cropped 4 % horizontally and 4 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
	15:44, 14 June 2014	6,496 × 7,664 (7.53 MB)	Colin	Crop another 6px off the right to avoid some grey lines
	11:06, 14 June 2014	6,502 × 7,664 (7.54 MB)	Colin	Redo lossless crop with "Optimize Huffman table" for better compression.
	10:33, 14 June 2014	6,502 × 7,664 (9.73 MB)	Colin	Losslessly crop one pixel width/height off right/bottom to remove black line.
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