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I think most art historians have some reason why they do this work
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I think most art historianshave some reason why they do this work

I think most art historians
have some reason why they do this work

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I think most art historians have some reason why they do this work.
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00:50:39
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Mar 12, 2025
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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 ...
They can be pure scientists and draw up inventories... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
They can be pure scientists and draw up inventories...
Or measure a piece and find that it's exactly 83 by 67 centimeters. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
Or measure a piece and find that it's exactly 83 by 67 ...
Of course it's very easy, really, and very simple... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Of course it's very easy, really, and very simple...
What do you think of this one? They're not sure. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
What do you think of this one? They're not sure.
At the moment, I have no doubts at all - Close to Vermeer 00:10
At the moment, I have no doubts at all
Everything I see here says Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Everything I see here says Vermeer.
The use of this green earth near the eye, no one else does that. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
The use of this green earth near the eye, no one else does t...
There isn't a single painting in the whole world - Close to Vermeer 00:12
There isn't a single painting in the whole world
They are saying, we can see that he or she makes mistakes - Close to Vermeer 00:12
They are saying, we can see that he or she makes mistakes
So this could have been an amateur who did this only once. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
So this could have been an amateur who did this only once.
With all my knowledge of the Delft, Dordrecht and Rotterdam Schools... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
With all my knowledge of the Delft, Dordrecht and Rotterdam ...
I can't think of anyone who might have been capable of painting this. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
I can't think of anyone who might have been capable of ...
So if this is not a Vermeer, - Close to Vermeer 00:14
So if this is not a Vermeer,
The whole idea of Vermeer would have to be adjusted. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
The whole idea of Vermeer would have to be adjusted.
It's generally assumed that no one around him painted like this. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
It's generally assumed that no one around him painted l...
These two are interchangeable. I prefer it this way. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
These two are interchangeable. I prefer it this way.
Pieter, it's better to put these paintings with letters closer together. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Pieter, it's better to put these paintings with letters...
I want people to get inside Vermeer's head - Close to Vermeer 00:11
I want people to get inside Vermeer's head
I think the Berlin one would be more powerful here. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
I think the Berlin one would be more powerful here.
Girl with a Flute is by Vermeer after all, the Rijksmuseum says in Het Parool. - Close to Vermeer 00:24
Girl with a Flute is by Vermeer after all, the Rijksmuseum s...