Images of Art in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
A Comparison with Jan Vermeer

1. Comparison of Sky



Jan Vermeer
View of Delft
c. 1660-61 (100 Kb)
Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 117.5 cm (38 3/4 x 46 1/4 in)
Mauritshuis, The Hague



Claude Monet
Coquelicots (Poppies, Near Argenteuil)
1873; Musée d'Orsay, Paris



Vincent Van Gogh
Wheat Field Under Threatening Skies
1890 (260 Kb);
Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 100.5 cm; Vincent van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


2. Comparison of Houses


Jan Vermeer
Street in Delft
c. 1657-58 (190 Kb)
Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam



Paul Cezanne
Maison et ferme du Jas de Bouffan (House and Farm at Jas de Bouffan)
1889-90 (140 Kb)
Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73.5 cm (23 3/4 x 29"); Narodni Galerie, Prague; Venturi no. 460


3. Comparison of Women


Jan Vermeer
Girl with a Red Hat
c. 1666-1667 (120 Kb)
Oil on wood, 23.2 x 18.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.



Pierre-Auguste Renoir
On the Terrace
1881 (220 Kb)
Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 81 cm (39 1/2 x 31 7/8")
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Collection
Web Gallery of Art