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Close to Vermeer

I think we have the needfor this "personal” approach

I think we have the need
for this "personal” approach

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I think we have the need for this "personal” approach.
Duration
9 seconds
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50
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:56
Uploaded
Mar 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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 ...
And we just have Vermeer's back. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
And we just have Vermeer's back.
We don't have any letters or diaries by Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
We don't have any letters or diaries by Vermeer.
We know he lived in Delft, had 14 children... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
We know he lived in Delft, had 14 children...
And was only 43 when he died. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
And was only 43 when he died.
That's all. We don't even know where he learned how to paint, or who taught him. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
That's all. We don't even know where he learned ho...
So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17...
18, 19, 20, 21 are definite. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
18, 19, 20, 21 are definite.
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...