What Happened in 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more