Vermeer
Americannoun
noun
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Among the countless startups in this space is Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Vermeer, which began by building visual navigation systems for cinematography drones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Besides Rembrandt, the 27 artists include Vermeer and Frans Hals; Jan Lievens, Rembrandt’s contemporary and friend; Gerard Dou, one of his students; as well as Gabriel Metsu and Jan Steen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The Hals exhibition follows recent blockbuster shows at the Amsterdam museum showcasing the two other great names of 17th century Dutch art — Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Iowa-based Vermeer, a 4,000-employee maker of industrial and farm machinery, opened a plant there two decades ago—and Andringa, the company’s president and CEO, frequently visited what many considered the world’s premier fast-growing, future-oriented economy.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023
She had intended the money to pay for gatherings of Vermeer scholars to work on attribution and on the crime.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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