T he Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting, or Painter in his Studio, is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.Many art historians believe that it is an allegory of painting, hence the alternative title of the painting. Vermeer has depicted Delft from across its harbor, where transport boats would unload after navigating inland waterways from the ports of Rotterdam and Schiedam. His artworks are a rarity, with only around 36 known paintings attributed to him. Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting , 1666-69, oil on canvas, 130 x 110 cm (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) After Vermeer's Christ in the House of Martha and Mary it is the largest work by the master. View of Delft, 1660 by Johannes Vermeer Click Image to view detail. The poised yet intense relationship of man and woman, the conjunction of crafted surfaces, the domestic space-this is the stuff of Vermeer's art. It stands as a kind of summary and assessment of what has been done. The Art of Painting comes late in the day for Dutch painting and late in Vermeer's career. Jan Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch masters, is responsible for some of the most iconic imagery in the history of art, such as The Girl with a Pearl Earring (ca.1665), The Milkmaid (ca. Nowhere in Vermeer's oeuvre has iconographic interpretation proved so complicated as in The Art of Painting.Experts generally believe that the glittering golden chandelier surmounted by a double-headed eagle, imperial symbol of the Habsburgs, refers to an earlier era when that dynasty ruled the Netherlands. He’s painting a model, who is going to transform into the Muse of … Throughout much of his career Vermeer drew inspiration from his observations of daily life, but he remained at his core a history painter, one who sought to evoke abstract meanings in his works. In 1940, he purchased it for 1.65 million Reichsmarks from Jaromir Czernin, the brother-in-law of Austria's prime minister from 1934 until Austria was annexed by Germany in 1938. A Lady standing at a virginal - by Johannes Vermeer: Lady writing a letter with her maid - by Johannes Vermeer: Mistress and maid - by Johannes Vermeer: Officer and laughing girl - by Johannes Vermeer: Saint praxedis - by Johannes Vermeer: Study of a young woman - by Johannes Vermeer: The art of painting - by Johannes Vermeer The following is a list of paintings by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. DATING Since only three Vermeer's paintings were dated by his own hand, the dates of each picture proposed in the Essential Vermeer catalogue covers the range of those estimated by four authoritative scholars of Dutch art and Vermeer: Albert Blankert (Vermeer: 1632–1675, 1975), Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. His father Reijnier Jansz was a hardworking cloth weaver turned innkeeper, and then art … After … Much of Vermeer’s life remains a mystery, which makes him and his paintings all the more captivating …