Vermeer | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/vermeer/RSS feed for VermeerenMon, 29 Sep 2025 11:15:00 +0000This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-17th-century-female-artist-was-once-bigger-star-than-rembrandt-why-did-history-forget-about-johanna-koerten-and-her-peers-180987410/A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara PeetersMon, 29 Sep 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-17th-century-female-artist-was-once-bigger-star-than-rembrandt-why-did-history-forget-about-johanna-koerten-and-her-peers-180987410/Did Vermeer Make a Copy of His Own Painting? A New Exhibition Invites You to Be the Judgehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-vermeer-make-a-copy-of-his-own-painting-a-new-exhibition-invites-you-to-be-the-judge-180987282/Two nearly identical artworks, at least one of them by the renowned Dutch master, hang side-by-side for the first time in three centuriesThu, 04 Sep 2025 18:24:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-vermeer-make-a-copy-of-his-own-painting-a-new-exhibition-invites-you-to-be-the-judge-180987282/See Three Breathtaking Vermeer Paintings That Capture the Lost Art of Letter Writinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-three-breathtaking-vermeer-paintings-that-capture-the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-180987027/A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently reopened Frick CollectionTue, 22 Jul 2025 19:15:59 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-three-breathtaking-vermeer-paintings-that-capture-the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-180987027/Seeing Vermeer’s 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' in Person Stimulates the Brain More Than Looking at Reprints, Study Suggestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seeing-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-in-person-stimulates-the-brain-more-than-looking-at-reprints-study-suggests-180985254/Scientists used EEG headsets, MRI machines and eye trackers to study volunteers' responses to five paintings housed at the Mauritshuis museum in the NetherlandsFri, 11 Oct 2024 16:24:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seeing-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-in-person-stimulates-the-brain-more-than-looking-at-reprints-study-suggests-180985254/The English Heiress Who Masterminded a Multimillion-Dollar Art Heist and Built Bombs for the IRAhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-english-heiress-who-masterminded-a-multimillion-dollar-art-heist-and-built-bombs-for-the-ira-180984198/Fifty years ago, Rose Dugdale stole 19 paintings worth an estimated £8 million, including works by Vermeer, Velázquez and Rubens, from a British aristocrat's estateThu, 25 Apr 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-english-heiress-who-masterminded-a-multimillion-dollar-art-heist-and-built-bombs-for-the-ira-180984198/Coca-Cola Uses Famous Paintings By Warhol, Munch and More to Sell Sodahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coca-cola-warhol-munch-ad-campaign-180981779/The company's new ad campaign, "Masterpiece," brings iconic artworks to lifeMon, 13 Mar 2023 20:56:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coca-cola-warhol-munch-ad-campaign-180981779/Thousands of Artists Reimagine Vermeer's 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-vermeer-artificial-intelligence-mauritshuis-180981767/A Dutch museum selected winning works by five artists—and one A.I. image generatorThu, 09 Mar 2023 19:49:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-vermeer-artificial-intelligence-mauritshuis-180981767/Dutch Artists Compete to Paint Like Vermeer in New Reality Showhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paint-like-vermeer-new-reality-show-180981737/The contestants are tasked with recreating six of the old master's lost worksMon, 06 Mar 2023 21:20:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paint-like-vermeer-new-reality-show-180981737/Did Vermeer's 'Girl' Really Have a Pearl Earring?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-vermeers-girl-really-have-a-pearl-earring-180981638/A real pearl of that size would have been "astronomically expensive," art historian saysWed, 15 Feb 2023 22:04:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-vermeers-girl-really-have-a-pearl-earring-180981638/Largest Exhibition of Vermeer Paintings Ever Staged Will Open in Amsterdam Next Monthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/largest-exhibition-vermeer-paintings-ever-staged-amsterdam-rijksmuseum-180981396/Of the Dutch artist's 35 known paintings, about 28 will be on display at the RijksmuseumThu, 05 Jan 2023 21:59:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/largest-exhibition-vermeer-paintings-ever-staged-amsterdam-rijksmuseum-180981396/