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Johannes Vermeer

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Submit Your Wildest Version of “Girl With a Pearl Earring”

by Rhea Nayyar January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

Your artwork could be shown at the painting’s home in the Netherlands while the original travels for an exhibition.

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Largest-Ever Vermeer Exhibition Opening at Rijksmuseum in 2023

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 26, 2022December 23, 2022

From February through June, the Amsterdam museum will display 28 works by the Dutch Golden Age master.

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Visitors Heckle Activist Who Glues Head to Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring”

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

Outraged patrons at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands responded with “obscene,” “stupid,” and “shut up!”

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Whoops! Turns Out Vermeer Didn’t Paint “Girl With a Flute”

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

The National Gallery of Art discovered that a student or associate painted the famous work.

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New Research Suggests Vermeer Wasn’t as Polished as People Assume

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 24, 2022August 25, 2022

During the pandemic, researchers at the National Gallery of Art found out some interesting things when they scanned the Dutch artist’s 17th-century paintings.

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Vermeer Restoration, Finally Complete, Reveals a Painting Within a Painting

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

Conservators at Dresden’s Old Masters Picture Gallery have uncovered a full-length cupid in Vermeer’s “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” — likely painted over by someone other than the artist.

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The Most Valuable Stolen Artworks Across Time

by Hakim Bishara March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

On the anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, learn more about the 10 most expensive missing artworks.

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The High Life of Vermeer and his Contemporaries

by Natasha Seaman December 2, 2017December 1, 2017

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting reinserts Vermeer into the tradition in which he worked, both demystifying his paintings and lending force to his particular take on the genre.

Jan Vermeer, "The Concert" (ca 1665), oil on canvas, 28 9/16 x 25 1/2 in (courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston)
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Gardner Museum Doubles Reward to $10M for Return of Art Stolen in 1990

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 24, 2017

The museum’s board of trustees hopes the sum will lead to the return of the 13 works stolen in 1990, which are collectively valued at over $500 million.

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Louvre Security Staff Threaten To Strike as Blockbuster Vermeer Show Causes Disarray

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 8, 2017

Security workers at the museum plan to strike on Friday, citing “constant physical and verbal aggression” caused by the recent overcrowding.

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Lapis Lazuli: A Blue More Precious than Gold

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 5, 2016August 7, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The first blue pigment to hold its color was often prized over gold. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was ground into an iridescent pigment, sometimes called ultramarine, that seemed to shine when applied to the canvas.

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Getting Closer to Vermeer with Three New Books on the Artist

by Rob Colvin July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

Vermeer died twice. The first time was in 1675, after the Dutch art market collapsed.

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