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Johannes Vermeer

1632 - 1675

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Johannes Vermeer ( vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəs fərˈmeːr]; see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Vermeer is the 13th most popular painter (up from 14th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Painter.

Johannes Vermeer is most famous for his paintings of domestic scenes, such as "Girl with a Pearl Earring."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Johannes Vermeer ranks 13 out of 2,023. Before him are Albrecht Dürer, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, and Francisco Goya. After him are Sandro Botticelli, Edvard Munch, Diego Velázquez, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1632, Johannes Vermeer ranks 3. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, and John Locke. After him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Samuel von Pufendorf, Christopher Wren, Jean Mabillon, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Michael I Apafi, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1675, Johannes Vermeer ranks 1. After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, James Gregory, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Thomas Willis, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and Leopoldo de' Medici.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Vermeer ranks 6 out of 1,646. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Baruch Spinoza (1632), Rembrandt (1606), Erasmus (1466), and William III of England (1650). After him are Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), and Mata Hari (1876).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Johannes Vermeer ranks 3. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), and Rembrandt (1606). After him are Piet Mondrian (1872), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Han van Meegeren (1889), and Dieric Bouts (1415).

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