Vermeer and His Milieu: A Web of Social History

by John Michael Montias

Book Overview

This book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colorful extended family to which he belonged and of the town life of the period. It explores a series of distinct worlds: Delft's Small-Cattle Market, where Vermeer's paternal family settled early in the century; the milieu of shady businessmen in Amsterdam that recruited Vermeer's grandfather to counterfeit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691002894
• ISBN13: 9780691002897
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"