The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.

A team of curators, conservators and scientists from the National Gallery of Art say Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Flute was actually painted by someone else.

A speculative theory holds that Maria Vermeer was not only a model for her father but also an artist who created several of the paintings attributed to him. Could it be true?

Vermeer was not Rubens or Rembrandt, announcing his greatness with every brushstroke. He was the reverse, in a sense, a painter of the ineffable, who glorified not himself but the very act of seeing.

For the first time, 28 of the Dutch master's exquisite paintings - the majority of his life's work - have been assembled at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for what's considered a once-in-a-lifetime ...

A work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, once thought to be painted by Johannes Vermeer is now regarded as a misattribution or fake, according to research revealed in a new exhibition.

Even when his style is at its most self-effacing, smoothly drawing us into the moment, we remain, inevitably, outside. Johannes Vermeer, “View of Delft” (1660–61), oil on canvas (Mauritshuis ...

For the first time, 28 of the Dutch master's exquisite paintings - the majority of his life's work - have been assembled at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for what's considered a once-in-a-lifetime ...

For the next four months, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is playing host to the biggest Vermeer exhibition of this, or any other, lifetime.

It's the world's largest-ever gathering of masterpieces by the enigmatic Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer: A highly-anticipated show not to be missed.