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Johannes Vermeer: The Little Street  wikidata:Q586035 reasonator:Q586035
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Delft
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41264
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Dutch:
Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje'

View of Houses in Delft, known as 'The little Street'
title QS:P1476,nl:"Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje'"
label QS:Lnl,"Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje'"
label QS:Len,"View of Houses in Delft, known as 'The little Street'"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre cityscape Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1658
date QS:P571,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 54.3 cm (21.3 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54.30U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,44U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
room 10
Accession number
SK-A-2860 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
52° 00′ 44″ N, 4° 21′ 34″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object history Unknown date
Unknown date
: purchased by Pieter van Ruijven (1624-1674), Delft, from Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Delft
(?)

1674: inherited by Magdalena van Ruijven (†1682)
(?) 16 May 1696: sale of the collection of Jacob Dissius
8 April 1800: purchased by Pieter van Winter (1745-1807)
1807: inherited by Lucretia Johanna van Winter (1785-1845)

Unknown date
Unknown date
: inherited by Jhr. Jan Pieter Six (1824-1899)

1899: inherited by Jan Six (1857-1926), Amsterdam
12 April 1921: sale of the collection of Jan Six, Amsterdam
1921: acquired by Sir Henry Wilhelm August Deterding (1866-1939), London, from Jan Six, Amsterdam

July 1921: given to Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by Sir Henry Wilhelm August Deterding, London
Exhibition history

25 March to 17 July 2016 Museum Het Prinsenhof: [http://prinsenhof-delft.nl/en/ Vermeer is coming home.

The exhibition Vermeer is coming home
Inscriptions
  • Signature bottom:
I·VMeer Edit this at Wikidata
References Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue.
Authority file
Source/Photographer YAGJRuPz8yVuRQGoogle Arts & Culture

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