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'''Jan Vermeer''' (b. Delft 1632 - d. Delft, 1675), Dutch [[Baroque]] [[painter]] also known as Johannes van der Meer van Delft.   

'''Jan Vermeer''' (b. Delft 1632 - d. Delft, 1675), Dutch [[Baroque]] [[painter]] also known as Johannes van der Meer van Delft.   

Only 35 of Vermeer's canvases have survived. In his works, ''he recorded the effects of light with a subtlety, delicacy, and purity of color that probably never have been surpassed.'' <ref> [http://www.repropaint.com/Vermeer/vermeer.htm Jan Vermeer biography] </ref> His most frequent subjects were genre, landscape and intimate interiors often with the solitary figure of a woman.

Only 35 of Vermeer's canvases have survived. In his works, ''he recorded the effects of light with a subtlety, delicacy, and purity of color that probably never have been surpassed.'' <ref>[http://www.repropaint.com/Vermeer/vermeer.htm Jan Vermeer biography]</ref> His most frequent subjects were genre, landscape and intimate interiors often with the solitary figure of a woman.

A painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silvery light. He is considered one of the greatest [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters.

A painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silvery light. He is considered one of the greatest [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters.

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