Johannes Vermeer ( 1632 - 1675) adalah seorang pelukis asal Belanda, Kehidupan pribadi Vermeer sangat sedikit diketahui orang. Dia tampaknya secara eksklusif mendedikasikan hidupnya untuk seni, menghabiskan hidupnya di kota Delft. Pada abad ke-19 satu-satunya sumber informasi adalah beberapa buku catatan gereja, sejumlah dokumen resmi, dan komentar-komentar dari seniman lain. John Michael Montias menambahkan banyak rincian tentang keluarganya dari arsip kota Delft dalam buku berjudul Artists and Artisans in Delft: A Socio-Economic Study of the Seventeenth Century (1982).
" Christ in the House of Martha and Mary " by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, 160 × 142 cm, 1654-1655, at National Gallery Skotlandia,
" Diana and Her Companions " by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, 98.5 × 105 cm, 1655-1656, at Mauritshuis, Den Haag
" A Girl Asleep " by Johannes Vermeer, 87.6 × 76.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1657, at Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
" Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window " by Johannes Vermeer, 83 × 64.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1657, at Dresden, Jerman
" Officer with a Laughing Girl " by Johannes Vermeer, 50.5 × 46 cm, oil on canvas, 1657, at Frick Collection, New York
" The Little Street " by Johannes Vermeer, 87.6 × 76.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1657-1658, at Rijks museum, Amsterdam
" The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer, 45.5 × 41 cm, oil on canvas, 1658, at Rijks museum, Amsterdam
" The Procuress " by Johannes Vermeer, 143 × 130 cm, oil on canvas, 1656, at Dresden, Jerman
" The Wine Glass " by Johannes Vermeer, 39.4 × 44.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1658-1659, at Berlin, Germany
" View of Delft " by Johannes Vermeer, 98.5 × 117.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1659–1660, at Mauritshuis, Den Haag