Paintings
The surviving paintings of Johannes Vermeer, alongside the disputed attributions, honest copies, and twentieth-century forgeries that once passed under his name. Browse the full catalogue, or see where each work hangs today.
Early period
Large-scale history paintings (c. 1654–1657)
Transitional
Shift to genre scenes (c. 1656–1658)
Mature period
Quiet domestic interiors with natural light (c. 1657–1668)
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
1657–1659
The Little Street
1657–1661
The Milkmaid
1657–1661
Girl Interrupted in her Music
1658–1661
The Glass of Wine
1658–1661
The Girl with a Wine Glass
1659–1662
View of Delft
1660–1663
A Lady Writing
1662–1667
The Music Lesson
1662–1665
Woman Holding a Balance
1662–1665
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
1662–1665
Woman with a Lute
1662–1665
Woman with a Pearl Necklace
1662–1665
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
1662–1665
The Concert
1663–1666
Associate of Johannes Vermeer (NGA, 2022)
Girl with a Flute
1665–1670
Disputed
Girl with a Pearl Earring
1665
Girl with a Red Hat
1665–1667
Study of a Young Woman
1665–1674
Mistress and Maid
1666–1668
Late period
Cooler, harder, more linear style (c. 1668–1675)
The Art of Painting
1662–1668
The Love Letter
1667–1670
The Astronomer
1668
The Geographer
1668–1669
The Lacemaker
1669–1671
A Lady Seated at a Virginal
1670–1675
A Lady Standing at a Virginal
1670–1674
Johannes Vermeer
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
1670
Disputed
Allegory of Faith
1670–1674
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
1670–1671
The Guitar Player
1670–1673
Motifs
Browse the paintings by the subjects that recur across Vermeer’s work — tronies, the yellow jacket, pearls, letters, music, and the maps and globes on his walls.
Lost works
Paintings recorded as Vermeer’s in 17th- and 18th-century auction catalogues and estate inventories that match no surviving work, known only from a line of documentary description.
Forgeries and copies
Paintings once hung or sold as Vermeers and now firmly given to other hands, including the forgers Han van Meegeren and Theodorus van Wijngaarden, alongside honest copies after Vermeer.