Imidwebo kaVermeer isethwe kuphi
Context:UJohannes Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər, vərˈmɛər/ vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [vərˈmeːr], bheka ngezansi; owaziwa nangokuthi uJan Vermeer; Okthoba 1632 <unk> 15 Disemba 1675) wayengumdwebi waseDutch weBaroque Period owayenekhono lezithombe zasendlini zokuphila kwesigaba esiphakathi. Ngesikhathi esaphila, wayengumdwebi wezinhlobo eziphumelelayo ezifundazweni, owaziwa eDelft naseThe Hague. Noma kunjalo, wenza imidwebo embalwa futhi ngokusobala wayengeyena umuntu ocebile, washiya umkakhe nezingane zakhe besemkweletini lapho efa.  UVermeer wayesebenza kancane futhi ngokucophelela okukhulu, futhi wayevame ukusebenzisa imibala ebiza kakhulu. Udume ngokukhethekile ngokusebenza kwakhe ngobuciko nangokusebenzisa ukukhanya emsebenzini wakhe.  "Cishe yonke imidwebo yakhe", kubhala uHans Koningsberger, "ngokusobala isethwe emakamelweni amabili amancane endlini yakhe eDelft; ibonisa ifenisha efanayo nemihlobiso ehlelwe ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene futhi ngokuvamile ibonisa abantu abafanayo, ikakhulukazi abesifazane".  Udumo lwakhe oluthobekile lwaphela ngemva kokufa kwakhe. U-Arnold Houbraken akazange amkhulume encwadini yakhe emayelana nomdwebo wamaDashi wangekhulu le-17 (Grand Theatre of Dutch Painters and Women Artists) ngakho-ke washiywa ekuhlolweni okulandelayo kobuciko bamaDashi cishe amakhulu amabili eminyaka.[a] Ngekhulu le-19, uVermeer watholakala kabusha nguGustav Friedrich Waagen noThéophile Thoré-Bürger, abashicilela i-eseyi ethi izithombe ezingama-66 zivela kuye, yize namuhla kunemidwebo engama-34 kuphela eyaziwa ngaye. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, udumo lukaVermeer luye lwakhula, futhi manje waziwa njengomunye wabadwebi abakhulu kunabo bonke beNkathi Yegolide YaseNetherlands.  Njengabanye abaculi abakhulu baseDutch Golden Age njengoFrans Hals noRembrandt, uVermeer akazange aye phesheya. Futhi, njengoRembrandt, wayengumqoqi nomthengisi wezobuciko oshisekayo.
Imidwebo eminingi kaJohannes Vermeer yenzeka eDelft eNetherlands.