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The Procuress, 1656. Johannes Vermeer Dutch. 1632–1675. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.
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Vermeer and the Delft School
March 8, 2001–May 27, 2001
Special Exhibition Galleries, The Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor
The Delft School is best known for its quiet images of domestic life by Johannes Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. These and other Delft artists painted views of the households, courtyards, church interiors, streets, and squares of Delft during the 1650s and 1660s. However, Delft masters also produced history pictures in an international style, highly refined flower paintings, princely portraits, and superb examples of the decorative arts. About eighty-five paintings by some thirty artists, thirty-five drawings, and smaller selections of tapestries, gilded silver, and Delftware faience cast the familiar "Delft School" in a new light—one that emphasizes the roles of the neighboring court at The Hague, and of sophisticated patrons in Delft.Accompanied by a catalogue.
The exhibition is sponsored by BP.
The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with The National Gallery, London. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The exhibition catalogue is made possible in part by The Christian Humann Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Doris Duke Fund for Publications.
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