This is a brief biographical gallery of one of the most valuable painters of the Holland Golden Age: Vermeer.

1. Holland , 1632 – 1675

2. Holland , 1632 – 1675 His early death and consistent low pictorial production did him forgotten. He was "rediscovered” two centuries later to confirm that he was an undisputed master in the handling of light, textures, perspective and transparent colors. While his production was mostly lost by that reason, some thirty paints has been identified and they has been sufficient to consider him, after Rembrandt, the most valuable painter of the Holland Golden Age.

3. Holland , 1632 – 1675 While his production was mostly lost by that reason, some thirty paints has been identified and they has been sufficient to consider him, after Rembrandt, the most valuable painter of the Holland Golden Age.

4. The Milkmaid, 1660 - Oil on canvas , 45,45 x 40,6 cm - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdan

5. The experts are always surprised by the effect of three-dimensional image of woman and by the careful arrangement of elements in this true masterpiece. They highlight also the texture of bread, the details in both baskets, the brightness on the lamp ...

6. The experts are always surprised by the effect of three-dimensional image of woman and by the careful arrangement of elements in this true masterpiece. They highlight also the texture of bread, the details in both baskets, the brightness on the lamp ...

7. Woman Holding a Balance, 1665 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 38 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

8. Woman Holding a Balance, 1665 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 38 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

9. The music lesson, 1660 Oil on canvas, 73,3 x 64,5 cm. Royal Art Collection Windsor Castle, London

10. The music lesson, 1660 Oil on canvas, 73,3 x 64,5 cm. Royal Art Collection Windsor Castle, London

11. The l ace maker, C. 1670 Oil on canvas - 23,9 x 20,5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris.

12. The l ace maker, C. 1670 Oil on canvas - 23,9 x 20,5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris.

13. The Art of Painting, 1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This painting is famous for several reasons. Here are three of them: 1. It was one of the favorites of Vermeer himself, so much so that he never sold it while he lived. 2. During the Nazi invasion, the then owner Count Jaromir Czernin of Austria, sold it to the Führer Adolf Hitler. 3. The painting was recovered in 1946 and delivered to the State of Austria. It is presently exhibited at the National Museum of History of Art of that country.

14. The Art of Painting, 1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This painting is famous for several reasons. Here are three of them: 1. It was one of the favorites of Vermeer himself, so much so that he never sold it while he lived. 2. During the Nazi invasion, the then owner Count Jaromir Czernin of Austria, sold it to the Führer Adolf Hitler. 3. The painting was recovered in 1946 and delivered to the State of Austria. It is presently exhibited at the National Museum of History of Art of that country.

17. And to conclude with this gallery brief biographical, here is the top masterpiece of Johannes Vermeer

18. The Girl With the Pearl Earring, 1666 – Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 40 cm Mauritshuis, La Haya . Painted around 1666 and rediscovered only in 1882, this paint is also known as The Dutch Mona Lisa. Eduard A. Snow, a scholar of the works of Vermeer, published about the paint as follows: "Being against this paint we have to engage in a relationship with it so urgent, that one instinctively feels the need to take a step back to reverend."

19. The Girl With the Pearl Earring, 1666 – Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 40 cm Mauritshuis, La Haya . Painted around 1666 and rediscovered only in 1882, this paint is also known as The Dutch Mona Lisa. Eduard A. Snow, a scholar of the works of Vermeer, published about the paint as follows: "Being against this paint we have to engage in a relationship with it so urgent, that one instinctively feels the need to take a step back to reverend."

21. [email_address] Research and images: Internet Translation into English: My thanks to Irene C (http://www.slideshare.net/mrents) We were listening to ‘ Humoresque’ from Dvorak, by Itzhak Perlman, violin and Yo-Yo Ma, cello.

22. Research and images: Internet Translation into English: My thanks to Irene C (http://www.slideshare.net/mrents) We were listening to ‘ Humoresque’ from Dvorak, by Itzhak Perlman, violin and Yo-Yo Ma, cello. [email_address]