Vermeer and His Milieu : A Web of Social History / John Michael Montias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montias, John Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painters--Netherlands--Biography.

Painters.

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675.

Vermeer, Johannes.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 Vermeer's paternal family settled early in the century; the milieu of shady businessmen in Amsterdam that recruited Vermeer's grandfather to counterfeit coins; the artists, military contractors, and Protestant burghers who frequented the inn of Vermeer's father in Delft's Great Market Square; and the quiet, distinguished "Papists Corner" in which Vermeer, after marrying into a high-born Catholic family, retired to practice his art, while retaining ties with wealthy Protestant patrons. The relationship of Vermeer to his principal patron is one of many original discoveries in the book.

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [379]-384.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-18859-9

OCLC:

1132228750