The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer ( c. 1658 ).

The Milkmaid ( Vermeer ) | The Milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1658

* There is a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer entitled The Milkmaid ( ca.

File: VermeerMilkmaid. jpg | The Milkmaid, Vermeer's use of light to model throughout his compositions is exceptionally complex and delicate.

Other exhibits included Vermeer's painting The Milkmaid from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a streamlined pencil sharpener, a diner ( still in operation as the White Mana in Jersey City, New Jersey ), a futuristic car based city by GM and early televisions.

The stories announced are: " Old Nick & the Peddler " ( from a Scandinavian folk tale ), " Puss in Boots " ( from a French fairy tale ), " The Milkmaid & Her Pail " ( from an Aesop fable ), " Old Fire Dragaman " ( from an Appalachian Jack tale ), " Momotaro the Peach Boy " ( from a Japanese fairy tale ), " An Agreement Between Friends " ( from a Romanian folktale ), " The Frog Who Became an Emperor " ( from a Chinese folktale ), " The Crane Wife " ( from a Japanese folktale ) and " The Witch Baby " ( from a Russian fairytale ), this last being adapted from one of three unproduced screenplays for the original series by Anthony Minghella.

* The Marvelous Milkmaid of Mechanica ( November 10, 1990 )-This episode was from a story by Karen Willson & Chris Weber.

* The movie also features two faux madrigals written by the Gershwins: " Sing of Spring " and " The Jolly Tar and the Milkmaid ".

The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, 1825 – 27, is the third and final Goya portrait which may depict Leocadia Weiss.

This character, an idealized portrayal of " Nature's Gentleman ", was an aspect of 18th-century sentimentalism, along with other stock characters such as, the Virtuous Milkmaid, the Servant-More-Clever-than-the-Master ( such as Sancho Panza and Figaro, among countless others ), and the general theme of virtue in the lowly born.

Beer's first stage work, the ballet Der Fischer und das Milkmädchen ( The Fisher and the Milkmaid ) was produced in March 1810 at the Court Opera in Berlin.

Among works from the last two periods of Goya's career are the Black Paintings, executed in Madrid, and The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, which the artist completed during his final years when he lived in that French city.

Aelbert Cuyp, another Dutch artist, created the drawing known as A Milkmaid ( ca.

* Kid Harpoon has a song called Milkmaid ; the music video features actress Juno Temple.

* The Philippines has a condensed milk brand called Milkmaid, a product of Alaska Milk Corporation.

In 2007, Under a separate agreement with Alaska Milk Corporation, Nestle will also provide Alaska the long-term license to manufacture and sell Carnation Evaporated Creamer, Carnation Condensada, and Milkmaid Sweetened Condensed Milk, under the Nestle quality guidelines in the Philippines.

The Astronomer ( Vermeer ) | The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer ( c. 1668 )

View of Delft ( Vermeer ) | View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, 1660 – 1661

File: Johannes Vermeer ( 1632-1675 )-The Girl With The Pearl Earring ( 1665 ). jpg | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665.

File: Jan Vermeer van Delft 008. jpg | Woman with a Pearl Necklace, by Jan Vermeer van Delft, 1665.

File: A Lady Writing by Johannes Vermeer, 1665-6. png | Johannes Vermeer, A Lady Writing a Letter, 1665-1666

Image: Vermeer The concert. JPG | The Concert, c. 1658-1660, by Johannes Vermeerstolen March 18, 1990

Clio — detail from The Art of Painting | The Allegory of Painting by Johannes Vermeer

Clio — detail from The Art of Painting | The Allegory of Painting by Johannes Vermeer

The Love Letter ( painting ) | The Love Letter by Johannes Vermeer.

The Art of Painting ( Vermeer ) | The Art of Painting by Jan Vermeer, noted for his subtle compositions

Image: Jan Vermeer van Delft 009. jpg | Johannes Vermeer, The Geographer

File: Girl with a Pearl Earring. jpg | Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, ca.

Johannes Vermeer | Vermeer – The Procuress ( Vermeer ) | The Procuress.

The guitar player ( c. 1672 ), by Johannes Vermeer

* Writing to Vermeer ( 1997 – 99 ) ( libretto by Peter Greenaway ) Opera for 2 children's voices, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, female chorus, orchestra ( 7 winds, 2 horns, 2 trumpets + bass trumpet, 2 harps, 2 electric guitars, cimbalom, 2 pianos, on-stage harpsichord, 2 percussion, minimum 22 strings ), CD ( music by Michel van der Aa )

* Vermeer Pictures ( 2005 ) concert suite for orchestra from Writing to Vermeer ( arrangement by Clark Rundell )

They were also featured in Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer, which was published in 2003 and illustrated by Brett Helquist, as well as its sequels, The Wright 3 and The Calder Game.

A notorious case was the signature of Johannes Vermeer on the fake " Supper at Emmaus " made by the art-forger Han van Meegeren.

* The Mauritshuis exhibits many paintings by Dutch masters, such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn and Paulus Potter.

* Vermeer and the Camera Obscura by Philip Steadman

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer ( c. 1665 ).

Thereupon, he decided to prove his talent to the critics by forging paintings of some of the world's most famous artists, including Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch and Johannes Vermeer.

This painting was hailed by some of the world ’ s foremost art experts as the finest Vermeer they had ever seen.

Korteling had been inspired by Johannes Vermeer and showed the young van Meegeren how Vermeer had manufactured and mixed his colours.

This was also the age of Rubens, Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Vermeer.

* 1675 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter ( b. 1632 )

Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre ( with canals ); also for the painter Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery ( Delftware ), the Delft University of Technology, and its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau.

Buried here: Piet Hein, Johannes Vermeer, Anthony van Leeuwenhoek.

Other notable works include Workers Union ( 1975 ), a melodically indeterminate piece " for any loud sounding group of instruments "; Mausoleum ( 1979 ) for 2 baritones and large ensemble ; De Tijd ( 1979 – 81 ) for female singers and ensemble ; De Snelheid ( 1982-3 ), for 3 amplified ensembles ; De Materie ( 1984 – 88 ), a large four-part work for voices and ensemble ; collaborations with filmmaker and librettist Peter Greenaway on the film M is for Man, Music, Mozart and the operas Rosa: A Horse Drama ( 1994 ) and Writing to Vermeer ( 1998 ); and the recent La Passione ( 2000 – 02 ) for female voice, violin and ensemble.

* 1632 – ( baptism ) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter ( d. 1675 )

* Chasing Vermeer, with information about the book Chasing Vermeer and a click-and-drag pentomino board.

He also spent a lot of time studying famous European paintings he admired, particularly the work of the Dutch artists Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, and Rembrandt.

Huxley had used Blake's metaphor in The Doors of Perception while discussing the paintings of Vermeer and the Nain brothers, and previously in The Perennial Philosophy, once in relation to the use of mortification as a means to remove persistent spiritual myopia and secondly to refer to the absence of separation in spiritual vision.