Which Dutch artist painted the famous 17th-century genre painting 'The Lacemaker', currently housed in the Louvre?

Johannes Vermeer

Vermeer is celebrated for his mastery of light and domestic scenes, producing only about 34 to 36 known paintings in his lifetime. 'The Lacemaker' is his smallest work, measuring only about 9 by 8 inches, yet it captures incredible detail in the subject's concentration.