Despite the painting, widely considered Vermeer's masterpiece, had traveled extensively from 1947 onward (31 times), following an exhibition held in Japan in 2008 (Tokyo,August 2–December 14, 2018), museum authorizes have refused to allow the painting to be removed form the museum premise. It has been rumored that the parts of the paint surface had been raised due to adverse environmental conditions. It also said that as part of the loan the Kenwood Vermeer would be examined and scanned by a “interdisciplinary research team of curators and scientists”. It concluded with reference to the history of The Guitar Player: A Lady Seated at a Virginal (24, no. 15 as "A Lady Playing the Clavichord," lent by George Salting, Esq.) De Hollandsche Schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt. Keuze van Meesterwerken uit Nederlandsche Musea Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1657-1659. Gemäldegalerie Alte ... [+] Meister, Dresden Rijksmuseum Looking from the doorway

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The Lacemaker, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1669-1670. Louvre, Parijs Rijksmuseum Vermeer’s women: the realism of the unreal Young Woman with a Lute, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is so spectral she might be a memory or a ghost, unlike the solid objects all around her. The window is unusually narrow and small, the sheer curtain arranged so that the light falls sidelong, illuminating the studs in a leather chair like bright stars but dissolving the girl in blurry haloes, as if she were herself a secret. Johannes Vermeer–A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (The Music Lesson). The Dulwich Picture Gallery. Feb. 7, 2023 - VRT MAX - "Never before seen so many paintings by Johannes Vermeer in Amsterdam: 'Almost a meditation to stand in front of such a work'" - Kristien Bonneure The Norton Simon Museum Presents Vermeer's Woman with a Lute. On Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Norton Simon Museum.

The exhibit opens with two morning scenes, the only two landscapes the Dutch master painted and an apt introduction to his art: Loan Exhibition in Honor of Royal Cortizzos and His 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune Vermeer lived and worked in Delft. His father was an art dealer and he was raised a Calvinist reformed Protestant. Upon his marriage, he became member of a Catholic family. He had 15 children, 11 of whom survived beyond childhood. In addition to his painting, he was an art dealer and the head of an artists guild. Feb. 20, 2023 - LiFO - " Επίσκεψη στη μεγαλύτερη έκθεση του Βερμέερ που έγινε ποτέ" - Αργυρώ Μποζώνη I thought I knew Vermeer’s paintings well, but I was startled to discover new details, such as how often he uses red, sometimes as an accent—ribbons in hair or as a tie on a yellow skirt; thread from a sewing box—or as an item of clothing. The Milkmaid is dominated in our minds’ eyes by blue and yellow, yet she wears a red skirt. And throughout the galleries, highlights gleam and shine like silent, spangled stars.

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Feb. 17, 2023 - THE ART NEWSPAPER - " The Big Review: Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum ★★★★★" - Tracy Chevalier Die Klessmann, Rüdiger. Die Sprache der Bilder: Realität und Bedeutung in der niederlandischen Malerei des 17 Jarhunderts. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum.The Little Street, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1658. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rijksmuseum The universal impact of “just a few paintings” Study of a Young Woman (no. VI, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman, New York and Palm Beach)