Johannes Vermeer ( vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. Nonetheless, he produced relatively few paintings and evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death.
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31 October 1632 Delft, Netherlands
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Died |
15 December 1675 (aged 43) Delft, Netherlands
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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