Biography Yang Delft

Jan Vermoer. The boy’s father was engaged in weaving - he produced silk matters, then bought a tavern, and also became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Delft, which united the art of art. Probably, the last circumstance also influenced the choice of the life path of Vermaur Jr.. Who was the teacher of Vermera - a discussion question in the biography of the artist has many white spots.

It is believed that Peter de Hoch Pieter de Hooch, who specialized in genre scenes, had a significant impact on the young man. Every year he wrote on average a couple of paintings, that is, he did not work for the quantity. They paid Vermera very well. However, the artist had fifteen children, of which adulthood reached eleven, and third -party sources of income had been helping: he participated in the management of the family tavern and, most likely, traded arts as his father.

The master had to significantly reduce his tariffs. His financial situation worsened. Unfortunately, until peaceful times, the war lasted six years to Vermera to survive. In the year, the summer artist fell ill and died suddenly on December 15, leaving his debts behind. To close them, the widow had to sell the paintings that remained in the inheritance at the auction.

Jan Vermeer did not leave the students after himself. The painter received a certain recognition during his life, he had merchants, but still his work was underestimated by contemporaries. Because of this, many paintings were lost, and art historians continue their search to this day. In the X years, when the value of the master’s heritage became clear, his work even became the object of attack of falsifiers.

Perhaps a portrait of the daughter of a painter. All her secrets are still not unraveled. Art historians believe that among the men depicted on this canvas, the master captured himself. One of the most famous works of the painter, combining compositional simplicity and expressiveness. The famous sample of the household genre, combining the piquancy of the plot, the sophistication of details, colorfulness, clarity of composition.

One of the few landscapes of the master. Art historians argue, what is the meaning in the plot: whether this is the personification of holiness, or, on the contrary, landing and vague? The meaning of this plot is also completely unclear. Perhaps we have an innocent flirting. Or maybe the girl held out her palm for money ... The "concert" was approximately in the Izabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, was stolen in the year.

For thirty years, unsuccessful searches have been going on for thirty years.