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Vermeer's works are largely genre pieces and portraits, with the exception of two cityscapes and two allegories. His subjects offer a cross-section of seventeenth-century Dutch society, ranging from the portrayal of a simple milkmaid at work, to the luxury and splendour of rich notables and merchantmen in their roomy houses.
While the 1696 Dissius self-portrait remains lost or has been destroyed, the pose, the glance, the fancy costume, and the placement of the figure on the left of Vermeer's The Procuress (1656) all suggest this is the only extant supportable self-portrait (or any painter's portrait) of Vermeer, who was nearly twenty-four at the time.
In early years of Vermeer scholarship, various paintings have been thought to have been self portraits by Vermeer. Thoré Burger assigned an artist's self portrait, now attributed to Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705), to Vermeer believing it was one and the same with a Vermeer self portrait sold for 480 gilders at a public auction in The Hague ...
4 de may. de 2023 · Art History. Does the Met’s Vermeer Painting Hide a Self-Portrait of the Artist? Here’s What a New X-Ray Analysis Found. The painting, 'A Maid Asleep,' might actually depict an artist's model who had fallen asleep during work. Johannes Vermeer, A Maid Asleep (ca. 1656–57). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The Procuress (Dutch: De koppelaarster) is a 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by the then 24-year-old Johannes Vermeer. It can be seen in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It is his first genre painting and shows a scene of contemporary life, an image of mercenary love [1] perhaps in a brothel.
self-portraits by Vermeer? Portrait of an Unknown Man. currently attributed to Nicolaes Maes. Oil on canvas, 73 x 59.5 cm. Musée Royal de Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Learn about the life and work of Vermeer, one of the most admired Dutch artists, who painted mostly domestic scenes with women and light effects. See his self-portrait in The Procuress and other paintings in The Met collection.
