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The fact that so much is left open makes it interesting
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Close to Vermeer

The fact that so much is left openmakes it interesting

The fact that so much is left open
makes it interesting

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The fact that so much is left open makes it interesting.
Duration
7 seconds
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26
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:14
Uploaded
Mar 12, 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 ...
...how he was able to paint these wonderful pictures. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
...how he was able to paint these wonderful pictures.
Take this red shutter, possibly the most beautiful shutter in the history of art. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Take this red shutter, possibly the most beautiful shutter i...
If you imagine this painting without the red shutter... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
If you imagine this painting without the red shutter...
It's much less... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
It's much less...
Captivating. The red shutter stops you... - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Captivating. The red shutter stops you...
From leaving the painting here, so you keep looking. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
From leaving the painting here, so you keep looking.
No Vermeer in here! - Close to Vermeer 00:06
No Vermeer in here!
I think it's a really exciting piece, which was attributed to Vermeer... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
I think it's a really exciting piece, which was attribu...
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...