We know he was elected twice as headman of the Guild of St Luke; that during the Dutch Republic’s ‘Disaster Year’ of 1672 he sold barely anything, driving him towards penury; and that in 1674 he served as a pikeman in the civic guard.

Vermeer Catalogue with Exhibitions for each Painting Vermeer Catalogue with Exhibitions for each Painting

from: Matthew Weaver, "English Heritage said no to Dutch loan request for ‘fragile’ Vermeer painting" The Guardian, June 2023 < https://www. Ultramarine, meaning "beyond the sea," was so named because most lapis lazuli came from Afghanistan, and its production required a complex process. For reasons unknown, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna refused to send Vermeer’s The Art of Painting – with its artist-magician turning his back upon us, even as he paints the scene – so that we might have entered even further into the chamber of his mind.Vermeer's unique treatment of light, perception and perspective is examined and linked to the Jesuits' special interest in the camera obscura, the instrument of light and vision par excellence.

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Nonetheless, the lack of open scholarly discussion regarding this work has encouraged the author of this site to label this work as questionable. Only from the end of the 19th century did he begin to emerge from obscurity, when the French critic Théophile Thoré-Bürger discovered him, fell in love with his works and in 1866 published a catalog on Vermeer.Johannes Vermeer’s intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers. Vermeer, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, brings together more of his paintings than ever before – and possibly ever again, given the cost and their fragility – 28 of the 37 known works. A total of 650,000 people from 113 countries visited the exhibition, 60,000 more than the previous record held by a Rembrandt exhibition in 1969.

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This piece was featured earlier this year in the Rijksmuseum's landmark Vermeer retrospective in Amsterdam. TITLES Over the years, scholars and museums have given a number of titles to each of Vermeer's paintings. On this page are listed exhibitions, conferences, multimedia events and publications of the recent past which are related to the life and/or work of Johannes Vermeer.Frick turned his home into a museum bearing his name, and it has long been its policy not to lend his acquisitions to other institutions. The first stage in the restoration process was the removal of multiple layers of varnish which had turned yellowish brown as a result of ageing. Irma Boom says: 'the matte paper brings you closer to Vermeer; there is no gloss or glare in between, just like with the real works. And you wonder: that luminousness, that inner calm, how could this not stop everyone’s heart like it stops mine? As an artist, he shares his love for and knowledge of Vermeer with a wide audience of art historians and enthusiasts.

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About the importance of harmony, heaven and earth, stillness, letters and the charming visit of various men in his work. Although a devout observer of the surface of things, which he became within a few short years, Vermeer was not a realist. Three months before the opening of our Vermeer exhibition, the prominent Vermeer expert Albert Blankert passed away.He certainly owned a book by Peter Canisius and two of his children had been baptized in the Catholic faith with the names of the founders: Francesco (Saverio) and Ignazio. AD - "Hoe Vermeers in Rijksmuseum kwamen: ‘We dachten: zo’n Vermeer-tentoonstelling lukt nóóit’" (How Vermeers came to the Rijksmuseum: "We thought: such a Vermeer exhibition will never succeed") - Eefje Oomen - Feb. It is about working together, exchanging works with each other and - above all - giving things to each other and the public.