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Johannes Vermeer

Dutch painter (1632–1675)

• Jan Reyniersz Vermeer van Delft
• Jan van Der Meer
• Jan Van der Meer
• Jan van der Meer
• Jan Vermeer de Delft
• Johannes van Delft Vermeer
• Jan Van der Meer van Delft
• Ĭokhannes Vermer
• Ĭokhannes Vermer Delftskiĭ
• Jan Vermeer van Delft
• Jan Vermeer Delft
• Johannes Schwartz
• vander Meer van Delft
• Vermeer van van Delft
• jan vermeer of haarlem
• Delfsche van der Meer
• of Delft Van der Meer
• Vandermeer de Delft
• J. vander Meer van Delft
• V. D. Meer
• Der Delftsche v. d. Neer
• de Delft Vander Méer
• de Delfet Vander-Meer
• jan van der meer der altere
• de Delfze van der Meer
• J. Vermeer of Delft
• Delftsche Vermeer
• van der Meer
• jan der meer
• of Delft V. der Meer
• Vermeer van Delft
• De Delfsche van der Meer
• vermeer of haarlem
• De Meere
• de Delftsche van der Meer
• Van der Meer de Delft
• Jan Vermeer of Delft
• ver meer
• Delfter Vermeer
• de Delfsche vander Meer
• Vander Meer de Delft
• Van der, of Delft Meer
• Jan Vermeer
• Johannes Vermeer van Delft
• Vermeer

The Milkmaid, by the celebrated Delft master Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), is one of the most admired paintings in the world and an image especially beloved in The Netherlands. Already described as famous in 1719, the small canvas is now such a familiar symbol of Dutch culture that simply announcing its name to a native of the country—in Dutch (Het Melkmeisje) or even in English—will probably conjure up a clear mental picture of the composition as well as memories of a visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam or a particular day in school. There are paintings that could be said to offer a broader view of seventeenth-century Dutch society, such as Rembrandt's Night Watch (1642) or Syndics of the Cloth Guild (1662), since they represent the kinds of civic organizations that transformed The Netherlands into an independent republic and a business empire. But in The Milkmaid we discover Dutch self-reliance and well-being in an individual who appears to have her own thoughts and feelings but also evokes the hard-won peace and prosperity of the Golden Age.

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