Johannes Vermeer's most famous paintings
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Girl with a Pearl Earring · The Milkmaid · View of Delft. (Updated Mar 21, 2026.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Nederlands). See the original
Top 15
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Around 1665. His best-loved work; at the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
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The Milkmaid
Around 1658. Milk pouring from a jug; Rijksmuseum.
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View of Delft
Around 1660. His town by the water; Mauritshuis.
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The Little Street
Around 1658. An ordinary street in Delft; Rijksmuseum.
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The Art of Painting
Around 1666-1668. A painter at work with his model; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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Woman Reading a Letter
Around 1663. A woman in a blue jacket reads a letter; Rijksmuseum.
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The Love Letter
Around 1669. A view through a doorway; Rijksmuseum.
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Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
Around 1657. Restoration revealed a hidden Cupid; Dresden.
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The Music Lesson
Around 1662-1665. A woman at the virginal; British Royal Collection.
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The Concert
Around 1664. Stolen in Boston in 1990 and never recovered.
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The Astronomer
Around 1668. A scholar at a celestial globe; Louvre.
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The Geographer
Around 1669. The companion to The Astronomer; Frankfurt.
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The Lacemaker
Around 1670. A small masterpiece of concentration; Louvre.
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Woman Holding a Balance
Around 1664. A woman weighing nothing; National Gallery, Washington.
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The Glass of Wine
Around 1660. A gentleman pours a lady some wine; Berlin.
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