The Art of Painting
c. 1662–1668
Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Vermeer's Delft Today
- Index of related artworks
- Previous painting
- Next painting
- Interactive catalogue entry
- Critical exerpts
The artworks below constitute a succinct survey of the evolution of the narratives and compositional schemes that can be in some manner be associated with Vermeer's Allegory of Faith, before and after it was presumably created.
The individual artworks are arranged in chronological order. However, this order must be considered no more than approximate given that often times the dates of Vermeer's paintings and the related artworks listed herein bear no dates and thus are fruit of art historical speculation. Furthermore, although every effort was made to provide the most accurate title, author, date, technique, dimensions and whereabouts of each artwork, these should be researched thoroughly before drawing definitive conclusions, given that some of this information was derived from internet websites whose reliability cannot be guaranteed.
When an artwork's date was not found the painter's birth and dates are given between parentheses. When it was not possible to determine the current location of the art work, it is given as either "Whereabouts unknown" or "Private collection (?)"
In order to improve the quality of this survey readers are strongly encouraged to signal both new artworks and inaccuracies.
Click on the thumbnail images to access a higher resolution image.
Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife
Jan van Eyck
1434
Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm.
National Gallery, London
Saint Luke Painting the Virgin Mary
Derick Baegert
c. 1470
oil on panel, 112 × 81 cm.
Museum Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster
Saint Luke and the Virgin Mary
Niklaus Manuel
1515
Tempera on panel, 117 × 82 cm.
Kunstmuseum, Bern
Saint Luke Painting the Virgin
Maarten van Heemskerck
1532
Oil on canvas, 168 x 235 cm.
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
St. Luke Painting the Virgin
Giorgio Vasari
After 1565
Fresco
Santissima Annunziata, Florence
Self Portrait
Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg
1568
Oil on panel, 94 × 37 cm.
Museum De Lakenhal
Schilderen met olieverf
Philips Galle, after Jan van der Straet
c. 1598
Engraving, 19.5 x 27 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Apelles Painting Campaspe
Joos van Winghe
c. 1600
Oil on canvas,
Kunsthistorisch Museum, Vienna
St Luke Painting the Virgin Mary
Maerten de Vos
1602
Oil on panel, 270 x 217 cm.
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
An Artist with a Model in his Studio
Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
c. 1625–1635
Engraving, 10.2 x 13.4 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Painter in his Studio
Gerrit Dou
c. 1628
Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam
The Painter in his Studio
Gerrit Dou
c. 1628–1630
Oil on panel, 66.5 x 50.8 cm.
Private collection (?)
The Artist in His Studio
Rembrandt
c. 1629
Oil on panel, 24.8 x 31.7 cm.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Alexander the Great at the Studio of Apelles, while the Artist is Painting the Portrait of Alexander's Mistress Campaspe
Guillam van Haecht
c. 1630
Oil on panel, 102.5 x 137.5 cm.
Mauritshuis, The Hague
A Painter in his Studio
Anonymous pupil of Rembrandt
c. 1630
Oil on panel, 53 x 64.5 cm.
Kremer Collection (Aetas Aurea Holding)
Art-lovers in a Painter's Studio
Pieter Codde
c. 1630
Oil on panel, 38 x 49 cm.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
Artist and Art Lover in Conversation
Attributed to Pieter Codde
c. 1630
Oil on panel, 41.7 x 55.1 cm.
Frits Lugt Collection, Paris
Artist in his Studio
Gerrit Dou
c. 1630–1632
Oil on panel, 59 x 43.5 cm.
Colnaghi, London
Painter in his Studio, Painting a Musical Company
Jan Miense Molenaer
1631
Oil on canvas, 86 x 127 cm.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Man Writng near an Easel
Gerrit Dou
c. 1631–1632
Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25 cm.
New York City, Ivor Foundation
An Artist in his Studio, possibly a Portrait of the Artist
Circle of Gerrit Dou
-
Oil on panel, arched top, with the lower corners made up and an approximately 3/4 in. addition along the lower edge, unframed, 50.7 x 37.1 cm Private collection
Painter in his Studio
Attributed to Jacob van Spreeuwen
c. 1630–1645
Oil on wood, 40.6 x 33.8 cm.
Private collection
An Artist in his Studio
Jacob van Spreeuwen
c. 1630–1645
30.5 x 36.8 cm.
Private collection
Painter in his Studio
Jacob van Spreeuwen
c. 1630–1645
Oil on canvas, 58 x 44 cm.
Private collection
Painter in his Studio
Jacob van Spreeuwen
c. 1630–1645
35 x 30.5 cm.
Private collection
The Painter's Studio
Jan Matham, after Adriaen Brouwer
c. 1635–1645
Print, 15.3 x 19.5 cm.
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Painter's Studio
David Ryckaert the Younger
1638
Oil on wood, 59 x 95 cm.
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Allegory of Painting
Giovanni Domenico Cerrini
c. 1639
Oil on canvas 129 x 108 cm.
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Bologna
The Painter's Rest
Dirck Hals (1591–1656)
-
Oil on canvas
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Painter in his Studio
Teniers David II
1641
Oil on panel, 25 x 21.5 cm.
Private collection (?)
Painter Defacting on Palette and Brushes
Aert van Waes
1645
Etching, 16.2 x 21.4 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
An Artist in his Studio
Attributed to Adriaen van Gaesbeeck
c. 1645
Oil on panel, 92.71 x 74.3 cm.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Self Portrait with a Mirror and Easel
Johannes Grumpp
1646
Oil on canvas, 128 x 98 cm.
Private collection
The Empty Wineglass
Isaack Koedijck
1648
Oil on panel, 66 x 54 cm.
Private collection (?)
Painter in his Studio
Gerrit Dou
1649
Oil on panel, 68.2 x 53.5 cm.
Private collection (?)
The Painter in his Studio
Gerrit Dou
-
Private collection (?)
A Painter in his Studio
Adriaen van Gaesbeeck
1649
Oil on canvas
Musee de la Chartreuse, Douai, France
Painter Playing Lute
Johannes Cornelisz. van Swieten
c. 1650
Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
The Painter in his Studio
Leonaert Bramer
c. 1650–1655
Brush and black ink, gray wash heightened in white on blue paper
Rijksprentenkabinet de Rijkssuniversiteit, Leiden
Painter in his Studio
Hendrick Gerritsz Pot
c. 1650
Oil on wood, 42 x 48 cm.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
The Painter in his Studio
Frans van Mieris
c. 1655–1657
63.9 x 46.8 cm.
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Young Painter in his Studio
Barent Fabritius
c. 1655–1660
Oil on wood, 72 x 54 cm.
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Portrait
After Frans van Mieris
c. 1655–1657
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire
A Cavalier (self portrait)
Frans van Mieris
c. 1657–1659
Oil on panel, 20 x 16 cm.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Painter in his Studio
Vincent van der Vinne
c. 1659
Engraving
Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam
A Scholar in his Study
Thomas Wyck
-
Oil on canvas, 31.0 x 33.5 cm.
Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm
Assessment of a Painting in a Painter's Workshop (possibly a self-portrait)
Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde
1659
Oil on canvas, 49 x 36.5 cm.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
An Artist in his Studio
Attributed to Jacobus Vrel (active 1654–1662)
-
Oil on panel, 42.4 x 54.5 cm.
Private collection (?)
The Monkey Painting
David Teniers
1660
Oil on panel, 24 x 32 cm.
Il Prado, Madrid
An Officer Making His Bow to a Courtesan
Gerrit ter Borch
Early 1660s
Oil on canvas, 76 x 68 cm.
Polesden Lacey, near Dorking (National Trust
The gilt chandelier in this painting is similar to that of Vermeer's Art of Painting.
A Painter in his Studio
Pieter Codde
c. 1600
Oil on panel, 25 x 32 cm.
Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm
The Art of Painting
Johannes Vermeer
1662–1668
Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
The Painter in his Studio
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade
1663
Oil on panel, 38 x 35.5 cm.
Private collection (?)
An Artist Painting "The Five Senses"
Joos van Craesbeeck
c. 1655
Oil on panel, 48.5 x 66 cm.
Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Neerlandais, Paris
The Artist in his Studio
Attributed to Cornelis Bisschop
c. 1665–1670
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit
The Artist as Virtuoso at his Easel: Self Portrait, Aged 32
Frans van Mieris
1667
Oil on panel, 19.5 x 15.5 cm.
Surry, National Trust, Polesden Lacey
Buying Grapes
Jacob Ochtervelt
1669
Oil on canvas, 81 x 66.5 cm.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
The large-scale map of the Netherlands on the background wall of Ochtervelt's painting is the same as that which appears in Vermeer's Art of Painting.
Self-Portrait with a Cittern
Frans van Mieris
1674
Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 14 cm.
The National Gallery, London
The Painter's Studio
Michiel van Musscher
1679
Oil on panel, 22.4 x 47 cm.
Historisch Museum Het Schielandshuis, Rotterdam
Allegorical Portrait of an Artist, Probably Rachel Ruysch
Michiel van Musscher
c. 1680–1685
Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 91.1 cm.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
The Artist's Studio
Michiel van Musscher
1670
Oil on canvas, 77 x 65.3 cm.
Whereabouts unknown
The Painter and his Model
Arnold Houbraken
c. 1690
Oil on panel, 28.5 x 19 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
An Artist with a Model in his Studio
Cornelis Dusart
c. 1690–1700
Pen and wash paper, 24 x 19 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Apelles Painting the Hetaerae, Campaspe (Pancaspe) in the Presence of Alexander the Great
Gerard Wigmana
-
Oil on canvas, 36 x 45.5 cm.
Private collection
The Painter in his Studio
Francois Boucher
c. 1730–1735
Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 cm.
Musée du Musée du Louvre, Paris
An Allegory of Painting
Pompeo Batoni
1740
Städelsche Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt
Allegory of Painting
Domenico Corvi
1764
Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73.3 cm.
Walter Art Museum, Baltimore
A Woman Painter
Louis-Leopold Boilly
Middle of the 1780s
Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32 cm.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Self-Portrait in the Workshop
Goya
c. 1790–1795
Oil on canvas, 42 x 28 cm.
Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid
Artist Painting a Portrait of a Musician
Marguerite Gérard
c. 1790–1803
Private collection (?)
Self Portrait
Tommaso Minardi
1803
Oil on canvas, 37 x 33 cm.
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence
Louis Vincent Léon Pallière in his Studio at the Villa Medici
Jean Alaux
1817
Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Private collection (?)
Ingres' Studio in Rome
Jean Alaux
1818
Private collection (?)
Ingres' Studio in Rome (second version)
Jean Alaux
1818
Private collection (?)
Apelles Painting Campaspe in the Presence of Alexander the Great
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
-
Oil on panel
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille
Self-Portrait
Horace Vernet
1835
Oil on canvas, 47 x 39 cm.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
The Painter's Atelier
Gustave Courbet
1855
Oil on canvas, 359 × 598 cm.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Connoisseur and Artist
Ernest Meissonier
1859
Oil on panel, 24.1 x 19 cm.
Private collection (?)
Artist in his Studio
Eduard Charlemont
1890
Oil on canvas
Schiller & Bodo Fine Art, New York
The Painter and his Model
Henri Matisse
1917
Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cm.
Musée Nazional d'Art Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Cubist Study of Vermeer
Seymour Tubis
c. 1950
Charcoal on paper
-
Triple Self-Portrait (for the February 13, 1960 cover of the Saturday Evening Post)
Norman Rockwell
Oil on canvas, 111.7 x 86.4 cm.
Norman Rockwell Museum,
Stockbridge, MA