Jan Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer is a Dutch Golden Age painter, famous for his intimate interior scenes bathed in sublime, crystalline light. Absolute master of chiaroscuro and the representation of bourgeois domestic life, he creates compositions of timeless serenity where every detail - pearl, fabric, reflection - is rendered with almost photographic precision. His limited body of work (approximately 35 paintings) embodies the quintessence of Dutch genre painting.