Excerpt from Jan Vermeer of Delft: With Reproductions of All of Vermeer's Known Paintings and Examples of the Work of Certain of His Contemporaries Since there is but little to tell of Vermeer's life a good deal of this book is given to a ...

Johannes Vemeer, a 17th century artist, is recognised primarily for his genre scenes.

This book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colorful extended family to which he belonged and of the town life of the period.

The six essays in this book focus upon painting in Delft during the period 1650-1675.

Walter Liedtke, curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has assembled a splendid catalog of Vermeer and his artistic milieu.