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(vər-mîr′, -mâr′), Jan 1632-1675.

Dutch painter noted for his mastery of lighting and color in interior genre scenes. His works include The Astronomer (1668).

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Vermeer

(vɛəˈmɪə; Dutch vərˈmeːr)

(Biography) Jan (jɑn). full name Jan van der Meer van Delft 1632–75, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his masterly treatment of light

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Ver•meer

(vərˈmɪər)

n.

Jan (yän), (Jan van der Meer van Delft), 1632–75, Dutch painter.

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Vermeer - Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)

Jan van der Meer, Jan Vermeer

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"Oh, my dear fellow, don't you know Vermeer? You're not civilised.

"I would give all the old masters except Velasquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer for that one picture."

At last, in a small room, Philip stopped before The Lacemaker of Vermeer van Delft.

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The luminescent tableau painted by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer around 1665 was last examined in 1994 during a conservation treatment at the Mauritshuis museum in the center of The Hague.

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Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing.

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