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Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil on canvas by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665; in the Mauritshuis, The Hague.
Johannes Vermeer inherited an inn called the Mechelen and an art-dealing business from his father, Reynier Jansz, upon his father's death in October 1652.1
While his father was also a weaver who produced a fine satin fabric known as caffa, it was the innâlocated on the market square in Delftâand the art dealership that Vermeer took over before ultimately choosing to pursue his career as a painter.1