Dutch painter, part of a Haarlem family of painters. He was a still-life painter taught by his father Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1681. In 1683 he married and moved to Amsterdam. He was a follower of Willem Kalf and is known for still-life paintings and vanitas pieces. He was the brother of the landscape painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Younger. //