Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Red Hat, c. 1666-1668, oil on wood, 23 x 18 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

Johannes Vermeer, Diana and her Companions, 1655-56, oil on canvas, 98.5 x 105 cm (Mauritshuis, The Hague)

Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid, c. 1658-1660, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 41 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Johannes Vermeer, View of Delft, c. 1659-60, oil on canvas, 98.5 x 117.5 cm (Mauritshuis, The Hague)

Johannes Vermeer, The Lacemaker, c. 1669-70, oil on canvas (Mus�e du Louvre, Paris)

Johannes Vermeer, The Little Street, c. 1657-58, oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Johannes Vermeer, Saint Praxidis, c. 1655, oil on canvas, 102 x 83 cm (Private collection)

Johannes Vermeer, The Glass of Wine, c. 1658-1660, oil on canvas, 66.3 x 76.5 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Berlin)

Johannes Vermeer, The Astronomer, c. 1668, oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm (Mus�e du Louvre, Paris)

Johannes Vermeer, Girl Interrupted at Her Music, c. 1660-1661, oil on canvas, 39.4 x 44.5 cm (Frick Collection, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, Girl Asleep at a Table, c. 1657, oil on canvas, 87.6 x 76.5 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, The Music Lesson, c. 1662-1665, oil on canvas, 73.3 x 64.5 cm (Royal Collection - St. James's Palace, London)

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665, oil on canvas, 46.5 x 40 cm (Mauritshuis, The Hague)

Johannes Vermeer, The Love Letter, c. 1667-1668, oil on canvas, 44 x 38.5 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting, c. 1665-67, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

Johannes Vermeer, Woman with a Water Jug, c. 1664-1665, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 40.6 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, The Allegory of Faith, c. 1671-1674, oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, The Guitar Player, c.1672, oil on canvas, 53 x 46.3 cm (Kenwood House - Iveagh Bequest, London)

Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1662-1664, oil on canvas, 42.5 x 38 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

Johannes Vermeer, Woman with a Pearl Necklace, c. 1664, oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Berlin)

Johannes Vermeer, Head of a Girl, c. 1666-1667, oil on canvas, 44.5 x 40 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid, c. 1670, oil on canvas, 72.2 x 59.7 cm (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)

Johannes Vermeer, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, c. 1662-1664, oil on canvas, 46.6 x 39.1 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Johannes Vermeer, The Concert, c. 1665-1666, oil on canvas, 69 x 63 cm (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA)

Johannes Vermeer, Soldier and a Laughing Girl, Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), c. 1657, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 cm (Frick Collection, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, Lady Seated at a Virginal, c. 1673-1675, oil on canvas, 51.5 x 45.5 cm (National Gallery, London)

Johannes Vermeer, The Procuress, 1656, oil on canvas, 143 x 130 cm (Alte Meister Galerie - Der Zwinger, Dresden)

Johannes Vermeer, The Astronomer, c. 1668, oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm (Mus�e du Louvre, Paris)

Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, c. 1657, oil on canvas, 83 x 64.5 cm (Alte Meister Galerie - Der Zwinger, Dresden)

Johannes Vermeer, Young Girl with a Flute, c. 1666-67, oil on wood, 20.2 x 18 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

Johannes Vermeer, A Lady and Two Gentlemen, c. 1659-1660, oil on canvas, 78 x 68 cm (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig)

Johannes Vermeer, Lady Standing at a Virginal, c. 1670, oil on canvas, 51.7 x 45.2 cm (National Gallery, London)

Johannes Vermeer, Woman Playing a Lute near a Window, c. 1663, oil on canvas, 51.4 x 45.7 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Johannes Vermeer, Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, c. 1654-1656, 160 x 142 cm, oil on canvas (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)

Johannes Vermeer, Lady with Her Maidservant, c. 1667-1668, oil on canvas, 89.5 x 78.1 cm (Frick Collection, New York)