Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earring is almost as famous as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. And yet the life and work of the painter remains as enigmatic as ever. This volume shows Vermeer’s small oeuvre and puts it into the context of Dutch genre painting of the seventeenth century.

维米尔的《戴珍珠耳环的少女》的知名度几乎不亚于达芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci）的《蒙娜丽莎》。然而，这位画家的生平和作品仍然像以往一样神秘。这本书展示了维米尔（Vermeer）的为数不多的作品全集，并将其置于17世纪荷兰流派绘画的背景纸下。