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  1. Catharina Bolnes Signature Johannes Vermeer ( / v ər ˈ m ɪər , v ər ˈ m ɛər / , Dutch: [vərˈmeːr] , see below ; also known as Jan Vermeer ; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period [3] painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.

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  2. The most likely candidate is that she is his wife, Catharina Bolnes, who, having been born in 1631, would have been in her early-to-mid thirties when Vermeer painted the work. While it is difficult to judge the age of models in painting, such an age does seem appropriate for this figure.

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  4. In April 1653 he married a Catholic, Catharina Bolnes, whose mother, Maria Thins, exerted significant influence over the couple’s lives. She is likely to have required Vermeer, born a Reformed Protestant, to convert to Catholicism. Johannes and Catharina eventually moved into Maria’s house.

  5. Mar 20, 2023 · At age 21, he married Catharina Bolnes, a neighbor and the daughter of a well-to-do matron named Maria Thins. In its general outline, especially toward the start, the course of Vermeer’s life ...

  6. On 20 April 1653, Johannes married a Catholic woman called Catharina Bolnes (c. 1631-1688). Catharina was the youngest daughter of Maria Thins (c. 1593-1680) and Reynier Bolnes (died in...

  7. At the age of 21, Vermeer married Catharina Bolnes, who had moved to Delft from nearby Gouda with her mother Maria Thins. Maria was a well-to-do, deeply devoted Catholic, who evidently thought...