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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 coins; the artists, military contractors, and Protestant burghers who frequented the inn of Vermeer's father in Delft's Great Market Square; and the quiet, distinguished "Papists Corner" in which Vermeer, after marrying into a high-born Catholic family, retired to practice his art, while retaining ties with wealthy Protestant patrons. The relationship of Vermeer to his principal patron is one of many original discoveries in the book.

Painters --- Biography. --- Vermeer, Johannes, --- Abraham Bloemaert. --- Aelbert Cuyp. --- Ambrosius Bosschaert. --- Balthasar van der Ast. --- Balthus. --- Bequest. --- Berchem. --- Bolnes. --- Brouwer. --- Burgomaster. --- Carel Fabritius. --- Charles Baudelaire. --- Claes. --- Consignment. --- Cornelis. --- Counter-Reformation. --- Curator. --- De Graeff. --- De Vos. --- Delfshaven. --- Delftware. --- Dordrecht. --- Egbert van der Poel. --- Emanuel de Witte. --- Faience. --- Familie. --- Ferdinand Bol. --- Fideicommissum. --- Foray. --- Frans Hals. --- Frans van Mieris the Elder. --- Gerard de Lairesse. --- Gerrit. --- Gorinchem. --- Goris. --- Govert Flinck. --- Guilder. --- Hendrick Fromantiou. --- Hendrick van Buyten. --- Henricus. --- Hermanus. --- Hilversum. --- His Family. --- House of correction. --- IJssel. --- Isaac Massa. --- Jacob Jordaens. --- Jacobo. --- Jan Lievens. --- Jan Reynst. --- Jan Steen. --- Jan Verkolje. --- Jan van Goyen. --- Jeroen. --- Johan de Witt. --- Johannes Vermeer. --- Karel van Mander. --- Lawrence Gowing. --- Leandro Bassano. --- Leonaert Bramer. --- Maria Thins. --- Mauritshuis. --- Michael Kitson. --- Mr. --- Notary. --- Patronymic. --- Philip de Koninck. --- Pieter Claesz. --- Pieter Lastman. --- Pieter de Hooch. --- Pieter van Ruijven. --- Pieter. --- Pointillism. --- Polder. --- Premises. --- Pudentiana. --- Rembrandt. --- Remonstrants. --- Repoussoir. --- Reynst Collection. --- Rijksmuseum. --- Schilder-boeck. --- Schoonhoven. --- States of Holland and West Friesland. --- Stuiver. --- The Geographer. --- The Procuress (Dirck van Baburen). --- The Procuress (Vermeer). --- Treaty of Xanten. --- Tronie. --- Trouw. --- Usufruct. --- Van Hasselt. --- Van de Velde. --- Van den Bosch. --- Waren (Müritz). --- Willem. --- Wouter. --- Zutphen. --- Zwolle.