Art History Events

1550 Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists" is First Published
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was origi...
1653
to 1656
Johannes Vermeer Paints Diana and Her Companions
In this evocative mythological painting, Diana sits with her companions near the edge of a dark and impenetrable forest. As evening falls she gazes unseeingly into the distance while one ...
1655 Johannes Vermeer Paints Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is a painting finished in 1655 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. Not currentl...
1655
to 1660
Johannes Vermeer Paints Officer and Laughing Girl
Because the costume of the girl (upper right) and the painting techniques resemble those of the Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, this painting is generally dated about 1658, short...
1656 Johannes Vermeer Paints The Procuress
Signed at the lower right corner, in dark brown color: i v Meer. 1656 (ivM in ligature). The support is a hand-woven linen with a threat count of 14x12 per cm2 (warp/weft), a piece attach...
1657 Johannes Vermeer Paints A Girl Asleep
A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep at Table, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657. It is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City. This pa...
1657 Johannes Vermeer Paints Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
The picture was acquired in 1724 by August III, elector of Saxony, together with a number of other paintings bought in Paris. The seller threw in the picture as a present, to sweeten the ...
1657
to 1661
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Little Street
According to architectural historians, Vermeer shows a house which dates from the second half of the 15th c. or the beginning of the 16th c. The area in which Vermeer's view was likely si...
1658
to 1659
Johannes Vermeer Paints Girl Interrupted at Her Music
Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes, was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. In this painting of a duet or music lesson momentarily interrupte...
1658
to 1661
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Milkmaid
The effect of three-dimensionality is particularly evident in the modeling of the woman's head and body. Small touches of paint - white, light ocher, reddish brown, brown, greenish gray -...
1658
to 1660
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Wine Glass
The Wine Glass (Dutch: Het glas wijn, also known as The Glass of Wine or Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine) is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer that portrays a seated woman ...
1659
to 1660
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Girl with a Wineglass
The woman's openly expressive face is somewhat atypical for Vermeer who tends to convey his sitters' hidden emotions through their discreet gestures and nature of their activity. One earl...
1660
to 1661
Johannes Vermeer Paints View of Delft
The composition was built up in light and dark passages. The sky, foreground, and light parts of the water are laid in with lead white while the town and its reflection were left in reser...
1662
to 1663
Johannes Vermeer Paints Woman Holding a Balance
Until recently this painting was best known as The Goldweigher or Girl Weighing Pearls. Microscopic analysis, however, has revealed the pans of the balance to be empty. The highlight on t...
2010 May 20 Five Paintings Worth 100 Million Euros are Stolen From Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
French police are hunting a thief who stole paintings by Picasso, Matisse and three other artists from a museum in Paris. Officials say the five paintings are worth an estimated one hu...