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Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer (baptized October 31 1632, died December 15 1675) was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. His entire life was spent in the town of Delft. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Virtually forgotten for nearly two hundred years,... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by faye Aug 29, 2008

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