Vermeer - The Rijksmuseum's major exhibition catalogue

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Despite its realistic appearance, though, it actually could be a fictional representation that unites architectural elements typical of his time and that Vermeer assembled in his studio. The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer, 2000), Walter Liedtke ( Vermeer: The Complete Catalogue, 2008) and Wayne Franits ( Vermeer, 2015). The removal of this varnish resulted in the subtle, cool colours of Vermeer’s original painting being rediscovered. He was well established in Delft during his life; his art sold; and yet for two centuries after his death, his small and silent pictures of women reading letters or pouring milk elicited no attention at all.

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Bringing together diverse strands of the Dutch master's professional and private worlds, this is the first major authoritative study of Vermeer's life and work for many years, throwing light on all thirty-seven of his paintings. Next to me there are people of all kinds who have come from everywhere, not very young, although there are also mothers with prams and bottles and unsuspecting babies making their maiden entry into the "sufferings of art " . Moreover, Weve, shows that the house with the stepped gable of The Little Street must have been based on an existing house. He made at least 500 of his own optical lenses, and examined absolutely everything under his microscopes, from rainwater to bodily fluids.To help amateurs and art history buffs alike, we recruited the exhibition’s two curators, Pieter Roelofs and Gregor J. We can trace through the paintings certain women, certain clothes, certain chairs and carpets, certain moods. ARTnews - " Curator Behind 1995 Vermeer Retrospective Talks About What Goes Into Mounting a Blockbuster Exhibition" - Karen K. The loss of The Astronomer is particularly unfortunate, since its pendant, The Geographer , was present. We can compare the light when a window is open or shut, or a wall that is empty with that same wall with a painting hung on it.

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It’s the largest-ever gathering of luminous masterpieces by the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the acclaim is as loud as the exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is memorable. A box of light, a figure, some props, occasionally a framed picture: the means appear so restricted, yet the scenes are mesmerisingly various. The exhibition will focus on the collections of 19th-century industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his daughter, philanthropist Helen Clay Frick.In the spring of 1914, James Simon, an art collector in Berlin, was approached by a London-based dealer with a proposition: Would he accept two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a work in his collection, Johannes Vermeer’s Mistress and Maid? The book was designed by Irma Boom, the 'Queen of Books', and printed on an uncoated 'Munken Print White' paper, specially commissioned to ensure the veracity of colours. I’ve just uploaded the first two videos: one on the Girl with a Flute, which the National Gallery of Art has officially demoted, and the other, A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals in the New York Leiden Collection. More than 60 artworks will be exhibited, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts. He matters now precisely for his vindication that we have not wholly decayed into data receptors; that we are still human, and if only we find the right master we can slow down time.

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This is such an important exhibition— the Vermeer show of the century—that those collections too fastidious to lend their Vermeer will regret missing the party. That notices or signs of a proper size shall be placed and maintained in such room or rooms so as to indicate clearly that the collections there in contained were bequeathed to the Museum by me, and a proper rail shall be provided, some distance from the wall, for protection. Johannes Vermeer’s intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers.All the details in his art may be acutely observed—from the clouds passing over Delft to the finial on a Spanish chair, the burr on an Anatolian carpet and the glint on an earring—but they are more than inventories of the visible. Depending on which authority you chose to follow, there are only around three dozen paintings by the Dutch Old Master in existence. Current acceptance is largely based in scientific evidence which, however, has proven that the painting originated in the 17th century. This intriguing documentary… spotlights the unique talent of the artist, the behind-the-scenes work of curators, and the ways in which Vermeer’s paintings still have a lasting impact centuries later. The curators have trusted the Vermeers to speak for themselves, and us to formulate our own opinions.

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I personally would not know they were by Vermeer—and I can normally spot a Vermeer at a hundred paces. In a world making constant demands upon us, the calm and intimacy of his work brings time to a standstill. PUBLISHED TO ACCOMPANY THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXHIBITION AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUDY ON VERMEER'S LIFE AND WORK FOR MANY YEARS. DAGENS NYHETER - "Vermeers underbara måleri och okända liv synas på djupet" (Vermeer's wonderful painting and unknown life are seen in depth) - Birgitta Rubin - Feb.It will highlight the similarities and differences in their collecting passions and how their acquisitions shaped the museums they established.