Realisitic acrylic portrait of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer with his painting "Gezicht Op Delft", painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 90x120 cm
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter in the Golden Age. Vermeer is hailed as one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century. Vermeer had a preference for timeless, subdued moments. He remains enigmatic for his inimitable colour scheme and bewildering light.
View of Delft is one of the best-known paintings by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. The canvas hangs in the Mauritshuis in The Hague. According to research, it was painted in about 1660-1661.
Vermeer, who lived and worked in Delft throughout his life, painted Het Straatje and this large cityscape there. A third city view once existed, known from an auction catalogue. These three are the only Vermeer paintings that do not depict an interior. He chose a viewpoint in an upstairs house on the Schie in the southeast.
For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique.
At that time (1980) the tendency..
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