Searching for Vermeer
Posted in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Ireland, London, Netherlands, Paris, The UK on 26. Jan, 2011
Anyone who has ever seen a painting by Johannes Vermeer understands what all the fuss is about. The beauty of his work and its photographic realism has never been matched, and reproductions in prints, books and posters come nowhere near doing it justice. Unfortunately only 36 known paintings have been positively attributed to the 17th century artist from Delft, the 37th, “Concert,” having been stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
What follows is a list of the 22 Vermeer paintings located in Europe (the other 14 are in the US), divided by city and museum. Of course like all other artists, Vermeer travels a lot. So a website by artist Jonathan Janson called the Flying Fox features a “Vermeer Tracker” which tells you where his paintings are at any given time.
AMSTERDAM
The Milkmaid, The Little Secret, The Love Letter, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
The Rijksmuseum
Jan Luijkenstraat 1
1071 CJ Amsterdam
Netherlands
020 6747000
LONDON
A Lady Seated at a Virginal, A Lady Standing at a Virginal
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
United Kingdom
020 7747 2885
The Music Lesson
The Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace
13 Buckingham Palace Rd
Westminster, London SW1W 0
United Kingdom
020 7766 7300
The Guitar Player
Kenwood House
Hampstead NW3 7JR
United Kingdom
020 8348 1286
THE HAGUE
The Girl with the Pearl Earring, View of Delft, Diana and her Companions
The Mauritshuis
Korte Vijverberg 8
2513 AB The Hague
Netherlands
070 3023456
BERLIN
The Glass of Wine, Woman with a Pearl Necklace
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin
Germany
030 2662987
DRESDEN
The Preocuress, A Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie
Taschenberg 2
01067 Dresden
Germany
0351 4914-2000
PARIS
The Lacemaker, The Astronomer
The Louvre
Musée du Louvre
75058 Paris Cedex 01
France
01 40 20 57 60
DUBLIN
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square W
Dublin 2, Co. Dublin
Ireland
01 661 5133
EDINBURGH
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
National Gallery of Scotland
The Mound
Edinburgh EH2 2EL
United Kingdom
0131 624 6200
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
The Geographer
Stadesches Kunstinistitut
Schaumainkai 63
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
069 605098-0
VIENNA
The Art of Painting
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Burgring 5
1010 Wien
Österreich
01 525240
BRUNSWICK
The Girl with a Glass of Wine
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Museumstraße 1
38100 Brunswick
Germany
0531 1225-0
Of course you’ll need a place to stay after your trip to the museum, so here are lists of hotels in Amsterdam, hotels in London, hotels in Berlin, hotels in The Hague, hotels in Dresden, hotels in Paris, hotels in Dublin, hotels in Edinburgh, hotels in Frankfurt am Main, hotels in Vienna and hotels in Brunswick.
