Johannes Vermeer is one of the great mysteries of art history. This “Titian of the Dutch School” worked in the city of Delft during the Dutch golden age of the 17th Century. As well-lov… ...

The 19th-century French art critic who rediscovered the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer regarded him as a mysterious outlier—and he’s often viewed that way today. A new exhibition opening in ...

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring." The painting depicts a woman, but it's ...

Much about the Johannes Vermeer portrait, which is believed to have been painted around 1665, is unknown - but now brain scans have been used to unlock some of the secrets behind the painting.

In the works on show, such as the portrait of the poet and composer Constantijn Huygens and his wife, or Vermeer's Young Woman Seated at a Virginal (above), the music is all in the painting.

A painting of Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring," sold at auction on Tuesday for 6,242,500 pounds ($10.62 million ...

A painting of Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring," sold at auction on Tuesday for 6,242,500 pounds ($10.62 million ...