The Concert dating from around 1666 is one of 34 known works by the Delft painter Johannes Vermeer. It is one of the few Vermeers with an ensemble of more than two figures as its subject. It was stolen from a museum in Boston in 1990 and has not been seen since.
Johannes Vermeer (baptised in Delft, 31 October 1632 - buried there, 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age.
Vermeer had a preference for timeless, subdued moments. He remains enigmatic because of his inimitable coloring and bewildering light. Vermeer's paintings, mostly genre pieces and a few history pieces, allegories and cityscapes, are distinguished by a subtle use of colour and ideal composition. He sometimes used expensive pigments and had a great preference for ultramarine and lead-tinged yellow.
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