The Genius of Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life (Wiki). Vermeer is one of my favoritest Renaissance Masters. His paintings are very sedate in their quiet domesticity yet very lyrical and evocative.

One of my biggest loves is...Johannes Vermeer.

Amazing Recreations of Old Master's Paintings That Utilize Children as Models

"Rainier Elstermann series "Old Masters", recreates classic art staples replacing the original models with children, giving the end results a strange kind of gravitas." Amazing work and awesome talent!


"Girl with a Pearl Earring", 1665 by Johannes Vermeer


"Portrait of a Chambermaid", 1625 by Peter Paul Rubens


"Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour", 1756 by Francois Boucher


"Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling", 1527 by Hans Holbein the Younger


"Portrait of a Young Girl", 1460 by Petrus Christus


"Portrait of Margaretha van Eyck", 1439 by Jan van Eyck


"Lady with an Ermine", 1490 by Leonardo da Vinci


"Maria Portinari", 1470 by Hans Memling

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Amazing Bottle Cap Portraits-The Work of Molly B. Right

These amazing portraits were made with bottle caps. Among the characters portrayed are Abraham Lincoln, Dutch master painter Johannes Vermeer's Girl with Pearl, iconic jazz singer Billie Holliday, Cher in all her bottle cap glory, Greek mythology character Medusa and others. These portraits are the creation of artist of Molly B. Right.





















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