# Johannes Vermeer's most famous paintings

Vermeer left only about 35 paintings. These are the best known, from Girl with a Pearl Earring to View of Delft, and where they hang.

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- Mar 21, 2026 · dogear_old
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## Top 15

1. **Girl with a Pearl Earring** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1665. His best-loved work; at the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
2. **The Milkmaid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1658. Milk pouring from a jug; Rijksmuseum.
3. **View of Delft** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1660. His town by the water; Mauritshuis.
4. **The Little Street** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1658. An ordinary street in Delft; Rijksmuseum.
5. **The Art of Painting** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1666-1668. A painter at work with his model; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
6. **Woman Reading a Letter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1663. A woman in a blue jacket reads a letter; Rijksmuseum.
7. **The Love Letter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1669. A view through a doorway; Rijksmuseum.
8. **Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1657. Restoration revealed a hidden Cupid; Dresden.
9. **The Music Lesson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1662-1665. A woman at the virginal; British Royal Collection.
10. **The Concert** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1664. Stolen in Boston in 1990 and never recovered.
11. **The Astronomer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1668. A scholar at a celestial globe; Louvre.
12. **The Geographer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1669. The companion to The Astronomer; Frankfurt.
13. **The Lacemaker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1670. A small masterpiece of concentration; Louvre.
14. **Woman Holding a Balance** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1664. A woman weighing nothing; National Gallery, Washington.
15. **The Glass of Wine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1660. A gentleman pours a lady some wine; Berlin.

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