Vermeer and His Milieu : : A Web of Social History / / John Michael Montias.
This book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colorful extended family to which he belonged and of the town life of the period. It explores a series of distinct worlds: Delft's Small-Cattle Market, where...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Coins and Their Equivalents
- CHAPTER 1. By the Side of the Small-Cattle Market
- CHAPTER 2. Grandfather Balthasar, Counterfeiter
- CHAPTER 3. Grandmother Neeltge Goris
- CHAPTER 4. Reynier Jansz. Vos, alias Vermeer
- CHAPTER 5. Reynier Balthens, Military Contractor
- CHAPTER 6. Apprenticeship and Marriage
- CHAPTER 7. Family Life in Gouda
- CHAPTER 8. A Young Artist in Delft
- CHAPTER 9. Willem Bolnes
- CHAPTER 10. The Mature Artist
- CHAPTER 11. Frenzy and Death
- CHAPTER 12. Aftermath
- CHAPTER 13. Vermeer's Clients and Patrons
- APPENDIX A. An Estimate of the Total Number of Paintings Vermeer Painted between 1656 and 1675
- APPENDIX B. List of Documents
- APPENDIX C. Genealogical Charts
- Bibliography
- Index
- Illustration