Who Was Johannes Vermeer’s Wife Catharina Bolnes And How Did He Die?

Johannes Vermeer was born on the 31st day of October 1632 in Delft, Netherlands. Johannes Vermeer was known for his paintings of 17th-century daily life. Most of them were specialized in domestic scenes of middle-class life.

Who Was Johannes Vermeer’s Wife Catharina Bolnes

Johannes Vermeer married a Catholic woman called Catharina Bolenes in In April 1653. Catharina’s mother, Maria Thins was significantly wealthier than Johannes. She insisted that Vermeer converts to Catholicism before the marriage on 5 April.

Johannes’ wife gave birth to 15 children. Four of 15 died before the day of their baptism but were registered as “child of Johan Vermeer”.

The names of 10 of Vermeer’s children are known from wills written by relatives:

Maertge, Elisabeth, Cornelia, Aleydis, Beatrix, Johannes, Gertruyd, Franciscus, Catharina, and Ignatius.

How Did Johannes Vermeer Die?

In December 1675, Vermeer died after suffering a short illness. Before his death, Johannes Vermeer borrowed 1,000 guilders in Amsterdam from Jacob Romboutsz, an Amsterdam silk trader, using his mother-in-law’s property as a surety. Vermeer was buried on 15 December 1675 in the Protestant Old Church.