Noted sky experts led by a Texas State University astronomer have put their heads together to analyze the specific time a masterpiece was painted. The group is made of retired and emeritus professors ...

Johannes Vermeer is one of the most celebrated artists of the 17th century's Dutch Golden Age period. Widely known today for his "Girl with a Pearl Earring," he was famed for his mastery in rendering ...

VERMEERA View of Delft Fabritius was a highly talented artist, a good-looking man with a broad nose and full lips, the son of a schoolteacher and a midwife from Midden Beemster, a village in a ...

Johannes Vermeer, “View of Delft” (1660–61), oil on canvas (Mauritshuis, The Hague; all images courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, unless otherwise noted) AMSTERDAM — If you don’t already have tickets to ...

IN 1990, thieves dressed like Boston policemen entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tied up the security guards and made off with several priceless pieces of art, among them Johannes Vermeer's ...