Vermeer's paintings of the 1660's are generally more popular than those of the 1670's. He was known for 34 paintings. His most famous paints are The Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid, A Girl Reading A Letter By An Open Window and The Art of Painting.
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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. This painting sometimes referred to as "the Mona Lisa of the North" or "the Dutch Mona Lisa".
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Jan Vermeer was Dutch, born in Delft, Holland.
Genre art
Johannes Vermeer is Dutch.
He is famous for his small paintings of people in Dutch interiors and especially for the beautiful yellow and blue colors.
The depiction of ordinary lifeThe nonreligious nature of the subject