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The Mastery of Johannes Vermeer

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The subject of a few peasants drinking, smoking and chatting was a favourite of Adriaen van Ostade’s. Often men feature in these scenes, but sometimes they also include members of the opposite sex, as in the present painting of 1672. The artist had used the composition of two half-length figures, th...

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An elegantly dressed young man is watching a woman finish a glass of wine. He has his hand on a jug, and seems to be waiting to refill the glass. Vermeer has taken the traditional motif of `wine, women and song/

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This cup was made from a drawing by John Flaxman. The design is taken from the description of a drinking cup by the Greek poet Theocritus (c. 300-260 BC) in his First Idyll. On one side is a maiden with two youth competing for her favour. The other side shows a fisherman and a boy seated on a wall.P...

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Discover the beauty and intrigue of Johannes Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, a masterpiece that has captiva...

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Scenes of men and women playing music were often associated with harmonious love in the 17th century. That may be the case here, despite the fact that the figures are not looking at each other but seem to be staring into the distance, lost in their own thoughts. Standing on the bare floor in the cen...

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Dice glasses without a foot but often with a silver mount were popular in the second half of the 16th century and throughout the 17th. The glass was used in a drinking game in which it had to be drained in one for the number of times shown on the dice. It was also known as a 'drink-up' - a glass tha...

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Girl with a flute is an oil on panel painting by Johannes Vermeer. Painted ca. 1665-1670. The painting (20 x 17.8 cm) is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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A blue and white porcelain bowl, fruit, wine glasses, and a woven rug are gathered on a tabletop in front of a black background in this vertical still life painting. Light strongly illuminates the objects, creating a stark contrast to the dark background. At the center of the composition, the porcel...

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Willem Kalf came from a wealthy merchant family from Rotterdam. As a young man he went to Paris where he specialised in still lifes and rural interiors.The /

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This horizontal painting shows a group of eight light-skinned musicians and onlookers gathered closely around a rectangular, carpet-covered table. The front edge of the table runs parallel to the bottom edge of the painting, and seems close to us. Shown from about the waist up, the men and women’s v...

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Renoir sold this painting to the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, who supported the impressionists, after its completion. The painting, arguably one of Renoir’s most famous works, contains many of Renoir’s close friends, including his future wife, relaxing at the Maison Fournaise along the Seine River. ...

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Still life with a basket of peaches, grapes and plums. In front of a bunch of white grapes on a metal plate, on the left a filled roemer and a branch with roses, on the right a Chinese can, a tin salt vessel, some fruits and a glass bottle. Behind the basket a golden prunk bowl and a box with a lobs...

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A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep, A Woman Asleep at Table, and A Maid Asleep, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657. It is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and may not be lent elsewhere under the terms of the donor's bequest. According to Liedtk...

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