Woman with a Water Jug, also known as Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, England (also known as A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman) The Wine Glass, also known as A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman and The Glass of Wine (also known as Officer and Laughing Girl) (also known as Young Woman Reading a Letter at an Open Window ) Paintings by Johannes Vermeer ImageĬhrist in the House of Martha and Mary In addition to the known paintings listed below, historical documents seem to describe at least six other, lost, works. Years of creation are only estimates for most of the paintings, and sources often give different, though not widely divergent, estimates. Many Vermeer paintings are known by various names, and alternative names are noted below. No drawings or preparatory paintings are known. This is partly because he has been one of the most widely forged artists, and many forgeries have now been identified. Vermeer's reputation increased greatly during the latter half of the 20th century, a period during which the number of paintings ascribed to him shrank greatly. This compares to the 74 pictures attributed to him by Théophile Thoré-Bürger in 1866. Today, 34 paintings are firmly attributed to him, with question marks over a further three. Vermeer's paintings of the 1660s are generally more popular than his work from the 1670s: in the eyes of some, his later work is colder. His popularity is due less to his subject matter than to the poetic manner in which he portrays his subjects and that he lived a very difficult life. After two or three early history paintings, he concentrated almost entirely on genre works, typically interiors with one or two figures. The following is a list of paintings by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675). 1656), believed to be a self portrait by Vermeer Detail of the painting The Procuress ( c.
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