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Close to Vermeer

18, 19, 20, 21 are definite

18, 19, 20, 21 are definite

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18, 19, 20, 21 are definite.
Duration
6 seconds
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34
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:45
Uploaded
Mar 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij ...
From very early on people abroad started collecting Vermeers. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
From very early on people abroad started collecting Vermeers...
France, England, Germany and America. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
France, England, Germany and America.
The United States alone has about one third of his entire oeuvre. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
The United States alone has about one third of his entire oe...
So there's a lot to be brought in from abroad. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
So there's a lot to be brought in from abroad.
There are shelves and shelves of literature about Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
There are shelves and shelves of literature about Vermeer.
I think organizing a Vermeer exhibition... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
I think organizing a Vermeer exhibition...
Without being able to show any new insights, would be a shame. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
Without being able to show any new insights, would be a sham...
Vermeer has been called "the Sphinx of Delft" since the 19th century, - Close to Vermeer 00:11
Vermeer has been called "the Sphinx of Delft" sinc...
Looks a little like a 19th-century photograph... - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Looks a little like a 19th-century photograph...
With everything in ochre, Grey, pink. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
With everything in ochre, Grey, pink.
Looking at it closely, you see the eye has been done without any lines. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Looking at it closely, you see the eye has been done without...
It's purely a shadow of skin color... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
It's purely a shadow of skin color...
Which makes the eye and eyelashes visible... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Which makes the eye and eyelashes visible...
Without having been painted in detail. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Without having been painted in detail.
We have no idea what knowledge he had. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
We have no idea what knowledge he had.
He must have had some kind of optical instrument... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
He must have had some kind of optical instrument...
With mirrors and lenses to be able to see this kind of effect. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
With mirrors and lenses to be able to see this kind of effec...
Hold out your hand again. Wow. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Hold out your hand again. Wow.
It's only 30 to 50 centimeters, but the difference... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
It's only 30 to 50 centimeters, but the difference...
Your hand is all vague, very vague contours. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Your hand is all vague, very vague contours.