Question: What age is Vermeer identified with?
About the article "Johannes Vermeer", section "Abstract".

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Jan Vermeer van Utrecht (16 February 1630 (bapt.)
– c. 1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Though he was born near Delft, there is no known relation between this painter and Johannes Vermeer. 
In the first volume of Marcel Proust's novel "In Search of Lost Time", entitled "Swann's Way", the protagonist Charles Swann is said to be working on an extended essay concerning Vermeer's art.
In addition, Vermeer's "View of Delft" features in a pivotal sequence of a later volume, "The Captive", in the same work.
A Vermeer painting plays a key part of the dénouement in Agatha Christie's "After the Funeral" (1953).
Susan Vreeland's novel "Girl in Hyacinthe Blue" follows eight individuals with a relationship to a painting of Vermeer.
The young adult novel "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett centers around the fictitious theft of Vermeer's "A Lady Writing".
J.P. Smith's novel, "The Discovery of Light", deals largely with Vermeer.
The character of Barney, in Thomas Harris's novel "Hannibal" (1999), has a goal to see every Vermeer painting in the world before he dies.
Tracy Chevalier's novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and the film of the same name (2003) are named after the painting; they present a fictional account of its creation by Vermeer and his relationship with the (equally fictional) model.
The film was nominated for Oscars in cinematography, art direction, and costume design.
Peter Greenaway's film "A Zed & Two Noughts" (1985) contains a plot line about an orthopedic surgeon named Van Meegeren who stages highly exact scenes from Vermeer paintings in order to paint copies of them.
The Dutch composer Louis Andriessen based his opera "Writing to Vermeer" (1997–98, libretto by Peter Greenaway) on the domestic life of Vermeer.
The song "No One Was Like Vermeer" from the 2008 album Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild by Boston singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman pays tribute to Vermeer's painstaking technique.
Richman also references Vermeer in his song "Vincent Van Gogh" and both songs are frequently part of Richman's live performances.
"Jan Vermeer" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Walkenhorst for his solo album "The Beginner".
David Olney's song "Mister Vermeer" on his 2010 album "Dutchman's Curve" imagines Vermeer's unrequited love for the subject of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Historian Timothy Brook's "" (2007) examines six of Vermeer's paintings for evidence of world trade and globalization during the Dutch Golden Age.
The 2013 documentary film "Tim's Vermeer" follows inventor Tim Jenison's examination on his theory that Vermeer used optical devices to assist in generating his realistic images 
The first Vermeer exclusive industrial dealership was established in Findlay, Ohio, in 1960.
I n 1967, having expanded the original factory several times and with 541 employees, the company purchased land east of Pella and moved into its first new factory building on that site.
By the end of the decade, Vermeer quadrupled in size and had dealerships open in Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Kansas, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, New York and Maryland.
Vermeer International was incorporated in Goes, the Netherlands as a subsidiary of Vermeer Manufacturing Co. in 1970.
In 2008, the name was changed to Vermeer EMEA to represent the Vermeer office for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Vermeer opened its first Chinese dealership in Shanghai in 2002.
In 2003, Lely and Vermeer form an alliance that allows Vermeer to market and service Lely hay and forage equipment in the U.S. under the Vermeer brand.
The years 2008 and 2009 brought about more expansion.
Lely and Vermeer signed a joint acquisition agreement to acquire Welger Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Wolfenbuettel, Germany, to increase global presence in grassland machinery and baling equipment.
Vermeer also purchased Wildcat Manufacturing in Freeman, South Dakota, a manufacturer of trommel screens and compost turners.
In addition, the company opened an office in Singapore to provide additional sales, marketing, equipment and parts support to the Asia-Pacific region.
The following year, a new facility in Valinhos, Brazil was opened to serve the needs of the Latin American market.
Meanwhile, at the corporate headquarters in Pella, Vermeer constructed the premiere Global Pavilion training center and museum in the mid 1990s, and introduced a Vermeer Health Services Center in 2002 – providing employees with health services at no cost to them.
And in 2013, Vermeer unveiled plans for a Vermeer Early Learning Center to be constructed near the factory, at the home place of Gary and Matilda Vermeer.
The center is to provide childcare services. 
Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Johannes Vermeer is a seventeenth-century Northern European painting.
Painted in oils on canvas, Johannes Vermeer portrayed a young Dutch woman, most likely of upper-class-descent, dressing herself with two yellow ribbons, pearl earrings, and a pearl necklace.
As a very popular artist of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch Golden Age, Vermeer depicted many women in similar circumstances within interior, domestic scenes.
The same woman also appears in "The Love Letter" and "A Lady Writing a Letter". 
The Love Letter () is a 17th-century genre painting by Jan Vermeer.
The painting shows a servant maid handing a letter to a young woman with a cittern.
The painting is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.