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Today's Famous artist is Johannes Vermeer, Born in Delft, Netherlands on the 30th October 1632, Died 15th  December 1675
His father was an art dealer and silk weaver who also kept a tavern, and Vermeer probably took over the business after his father's death in 1655. It is thought that his father was an early influence on the young child. 
Vermeer's only mythological subject, is also suggestive of Italy. It is his only painting of figures in a landscape setting.

Image result for painting Diana and Her Companions    Diana and Her Companions.
He painted the Girl Asleep at a Table, in which he used the warm range of color
Image result for painting Girl Asleep at a Table, The Soldier and Laughing Girl 
marked the shift between Vermeer's early and mature works in that pointillé (gleaming highlights of thick layers of paint, which brightens the surface) appeared for the first time.

Image result for painting The Concert Jan Vermeer's "The Concert"  about 1662

 Image result for painting the Woman with a Water Jan Vermeer's the Woman with a Water Jug 

 Image result for The Allegory of the Art of Painting (c.1670) Jan Vermeer's Allegory of the Catholic Faith.

 Image result for The Allegory of the Art of Painting (c.1670) Jan Vermeer's
Finally the girl with the pearl Earring

 Image result for The Allegory of the Art of Painting (c.1670) Jan Vermeer's 
 https://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vermeer-Jan.html. 

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