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I think it's a really exciting piece, which was attributed to Vermeer
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I think it's a really exciting piece,which was attributed to Vermeer

I think it's a really exciting piece,
which was attributed to Vermeer

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I think it's a really exciting piece, which was attributed to Vermeer...
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00:06:27
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Mar 12, 2025
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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 ...
When it surfaced between 1933 and 1935. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
When it surfaced between 1933 and 1935.
They thought it was a self-portrait? Or just painted by Vermeer? - Close to Vermeer 00:06
They thought it was a self-portrait? Or just painted by Verm...
There was a huge Vermeer hype going on. Everyone was looking for new Vermeers. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
There was a huge Vermeer hype going on. Everyone was looking...
It would be interesting to know what he actually looked like. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
It would be interesting to know what he actually looked like...
I think we have the need for this "personal” approach. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
I think we have the need for this "personal” approach...
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...