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Tracking Vermeer

You travel but so does Vermeer. So, if you are planning a trip specifically to view one or more paintings by Vermeer, always contact the museum beforehand to be sure the painting(s) you wish to see are on display at the moment. Paintings can be on temporary loan or in restoration.

To make your visit more rewarding, use the complete online Vermeer catalogue below to acquire the following information:

Complete Vermeer Catalogue

The 37 generally accepted works of by Johannes Vermeer are presently divided between Europe (22) and America (15).

The recently re-attributed Lady Seated at the Virginals, once part of the private collection of Steve Wynn in Las Vegas, has recently been sold to a private collector in New York. Vermeer’s Concert, once housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, was stolen in March 18, 1990 and has not been recovered.

COMPLETE VERMEER CATALOGUE

SAINT PRAXEDIS
1655
101.6 x 82.6 cm.(40 x 32 1/2 in.)
The Barbara Piasecka The Johnson Collection Foundation

The present whereabouts of the Saint Praxedis painting is not known.

DIANA AND HER COMPANIONS
c. 1653-1656
38 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (98.5 x 105 cm.)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARTHA AND MARY
c. 1654-1656
63 x 53 7/8 in. (160 x 142 cm.)
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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temporary exhibition:

Da Vermeer a Kandinsky. Capolavori dai musei del mondo a Rimini

Jan 21- June 3, 2012
Rimini, Italy

THE PROCURESS
1656
56 1/2 x 51 1/8 in. (143 x 130 cm.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), Dresden
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A MAID ASLEEP
c. 1656–57
34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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A GIRL READING A LETTER BY AN OPEN WINDOW
c. 1657-1659
32 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (83 x 64.5 cm.)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) museum contact

THE LITTLE STREET
c. 1657-1661
21 1/16 x 17 1/8 in. (53.5 c 43.5 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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OFFICER AND LAUGHING GIRL
c. 1655-1660
19 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (50.5 x 46 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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THE MILKMAID
c. 1658-1661
17 7/8 x 16 in. (45.45 x 40.6 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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THE GLASS OF WINE
c. 1658-1661
25 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (65 x 77 cm.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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THE GIRL WITH A GLASS OF WINE
c.1659-1660
30 3/4 x 26 1/8 in. (78 x 67 cm.
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick
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temporary exhibition:

Light Structure - The Light in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
18 Nov. 2011 - 26 Feb. 2012
Museum Hessen Kassel

GIRL INTERRUPTED IN HER MUSIC
c. 1658-1661
28 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (73.3 x 44.4 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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VIEW OF DELFT
c.1660-1661
38 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (98.5 x 117.5 cm.
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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THE MUSIC LESSON
c. 1662-1664
28 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (73.3 x 64.5 cm.)
The Royal Collecion , The Windsor Castle
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The Music Lesson is not usually on public display. It will be exhibited temorarily in the State Rooms in the Buckingham Palace which will be open to the public from 23 July to 3 October 2011.

temporary exhibition:

Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence

October 5, 2011 - January 15, 2012
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

WOMAN IN BLUE READING A LETTER
c. 1662-1665
18 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (46.5 x 38 cm.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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temorary exhibition:

Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer

The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo:
23 Dec – 14 March 2012

WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE
c. 1622-1665
stretcher size: 16 3/4 x 15 in. (42.5 x 38 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER PITCHER
c. 1662-1665
18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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WOMAN WITH A LUTE
c. 1662-1664
20 1/4 x 18 in. (51.4 x 45.7 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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WOMAN WITH A PEARL NECKLACE
c.1662-1665
21 1/8 x 17 1/4 in. (55 x 45 cm.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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A LADY WRITING
c. 1665-1666
17 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (45 x 39.9 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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temorary exhibition:

Communication: Visualizing Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer

The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo:
23 Dec – 14 March 2012

GIRL WITH A RED HAT
c. 1665-1666
support: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (23.2 x 18.1 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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GIRL WITH A FLUTE
c. 1665-1670
7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
c. 1665- 1667
18 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (46.5 x 40 cm.)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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temporary exhibition:

July to September 2012 - Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

October to December 2012 - City Museum Kobe

THE CONCERT
c. 1664-1667
28 1/2 x 25 2 in. (72.5 x 64.7 cm.)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Vermeer’s Concert, once housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, was stolen in March 18, 1990 and has not been recovered.

THE ART OF PAINTING
c. 1662- 1668
47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in. (120 X 100 cm.)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN
c. 1665–1674
17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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MISTRESS AND MAID
c. 1666-1667
35 1/2 x 31 in. (90.2 x 78.7 cm.)
Frick Collection, New York
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THE ASTRONOMER
c. 1668
19 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (50 x 45 cm.)
Louvre, Paris
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THE GEOGRAPHER
c.1668-1669
20 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (53 x 46.6 cm.)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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THE LACEMAKER
c.1669-1671
9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (24.5 x 21 cm.)
Louvre, Paris
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temporary exhibition:

Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence

October 5, 2011 - January 15, 2012
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

THE LOVE LETTER
c. 1667-1670
17 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (44 x 38.5.cm)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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THE GUITAR PLAYER
c. 1669-1672
20 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (53 x 46.3 cm.)
Kenwood House , England

During the planned restoration of the Kenwood House in 2012, the Guitar Player will be displayed publically in another art gallery. The exact dates and location of the picture will be announced in early 2012.

LADY WRITING A LETTER WITH HER MAID
c. 1670-1671
28 x 23 in. (71.1 x 58.4 cm.)
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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