Watch The Great Artists - Vermeer

Born in 1632, only three dozen canvases survive from Vermeer's working life. A resident of the Dutch city of Delft, it is Vermeer's subject matter that is the first point of interest in his work. Unusually, he chose to depict scenes of ordinary, everyday life.

The Great Artists - Vermeer is a 2006 documentary with a runtime of 51 minutes.