Mifananidzo yaVermeer yakaiswa kupi
Context:Johannes Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər, vərˈmɛər/ vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [vərˈmeːr], ona pazasi; anozivikanwawo saJan Vermeer; Gumiguru 1632 <unk> 15 Zvita 1675) aive Dutch Baroque Period mupendi uyo akasarudzika mune zvemukati zvemukati zviitiko zvehupenyu hwepakati. Paakanga achiri mupenyu, akanga ari muvezi wemhando yemhando yepurovhinzi yakabudirira, inozivikanwa muDelft neThe Hague. Kunyange zvakadaro, akaveza mifananidzo mishomanana uye zviri pachena kuti akanga asina kupfuma, achisiya mudzimai wake nevana vari muchikwereti paakafa.  Vermeer aishanda zvishoma nezvishoma uye nokungwarira kukuru, uye kazhinji kazhinji aishandisa mavara anodhura zvikuru. Iye anonyanya kuzivikanwa nokuda kwokubata kwake kwounyanzvi nokushandiswa kwechiedza mubasa rake.  "Inenge mifananidzo yake yose", akanyora kudaro Hans Koningsberger, "zviri pachena yakaiswa mumakamuri maduku maviri mumusha wake muDelft; inoratidza fanicha imwe cheteyo nezvishongo mumarongedzero akasiana-siana uye inowanzoratidzira vanhu vamwe chetevo, zvikurukuru vakadzi".  Mukurumbira wake wakaderera wakabva waparara pashure porufu rwake. Akanga achingodudzwa mubhuku guru reArnold Houbraken pamusoro pezana remakore rechi17 Dutch painting (Grand Theatre of Dutch Painters and Women Artists) uye nokudaro akasiyiwa kubva kuongororo dzakazotevera dzeDutch art kweanenge mazana maviri emakore.[a] Muzana remakore rechi19, Vermeer akawanikwazve naGustav Friedrich Waagen naThéophile Thoré-Bürger, avo vakabudisa nyaya inotaura nezvemifananidzo 66 kwaari, kunyange zvazvo mifananidzo 34 chete inonzi yakapiwa kwaari nhasi. Kubvira panguva iyoyo, mukurumbira waVermeer wakakura, uye iye zvino ava kuzivikanwa somumwe wevanyori vakakurumbira zvikuru veDutch Golden Age.  Kufanana navamwe vanyori vakakurumbira veDutch Golden Age vakadai saFrans Hals naRembrandt, Vermeer haana kumbobvira aenda kunze kwenyika. Uyewo, kufanana naRembrandt, akanga ari muunganidzi wemifananidzo nomutengesi anodisa.
Mifananidzo mizhinjisa yaJohannes Vermeer yakaiswa muDelft muNetherlands.