Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry

 

Oct. 22, 2017–Jan. 21, 2018

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

 

Frans van Mieris, Woman Playing a Theorbo-Lute, 1663, oil on panel, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

 

 

Johannes Vermeer, The Lacemaker, c. 1670–1671, oil on canvas on panel, Musée du Louvre

 

 

Frans van Mieris, Brothel Scene, c. 1658-59, oil on panel, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague

 

Jan Steen, The Doctor's Visit, 1661-62, oil on panel, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House (English Heritage)

 

 

Johannes Vermeer, Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid, c. 1670-71, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

 

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