Talk:Johannes Vermeer

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I made a redirect here from Jan Vermeer (though nothing links to it), but shouldn't the article be at Jan Vermeer instead? They get about an equal number of Google hits (38 800 for Johannes, 34 000 for Jan), but my first instinct when I was looking for him here today was to search for Jan. Adam Bishop 04:41, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I've always heard him referred to as Johannes. -- Viajero 10:59, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The museums here could use links, many have articles. -- Jmabel 00:25, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

I have done a bit of this Notjim 13:36, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

TO DO: mention the role Vermeer played in Proust at a time before he had reached his current popularity. Notjim 13:36, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I added a link under influences Notjim 14:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Also, the Italian version of this is fantastic, it has an entry for every one of the pictures, anyone fancy translating the Italian? Notjim 13:44, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Finally, I added the new one: A Young Woman seated at the Virginals, maybe someone would like to comment on this attributation in the main text, I amn't really qualified, my understand is just that it is widely accepted. Notjim 14:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Works

As I understand it there are 34 surviving works generally attributed to Vermeer (see for example [1]). However, we currently have a list of 36 works. Can anyone spot the repetitions or falsely attributed works? -- Solipsist 19:43, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well one of the extra ones was only attributed recently: Young Girl at her Viringals. Notjim 22:25, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Painting from a window

The section Johannes_Vermeer#Themes currently starts: Vermeer painted mostly in-house scenes, and even his two known landscapes are framed with a window.

This is incorrect - neither View of Delft nor the little Street Scene have any indication of being framed with a window. - User:84.191.75.90 21:06, 9 August 2005 [comment moved from main page -- Solipsist 17:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC) ]