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Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk, next to the Jesuits
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Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk,next to the Jesuits

Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk,
next to the Jesuits

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Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk, next to the Jesuits...
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:25:21
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 ...
Yes. And you could draw this using a camera obscura, for instance. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Yes. And you could draw this using a camera obscura, for ins...
So I wondered if this could have been done by tracing a projection. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
So I wondered if this could have been done by tracing a proj...
But then the parchment must have been so translucent... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
But then the parchment must have been so translucent...
As to be transparent. - In this case I think that's a bit... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
As to be transparent. - In this case I think that's a b...
So will your theory be confirmed? - Close to Vermeer 00:07
So will your theory be confirmed?
Okay, let's see if this filters through. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Okay, let's see if this filters through.
You can clearly see it. This is incredible. Wow! - Close to Vermeer 00:06
You can clearly see it. This is incredible. Wow!
I mean it. We've never been closer to this theory... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
I mean it. We've never been closer to this theory...
Very close to Vermeer thanks to this neighbor. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Very close to Vermeer thanks to this neighbor.
We knew Vermeer had some kind of link with the camera obscura... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
We knew Vermeer had some kind of link with the camera obscur...
But we didn't know how or through whom. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
But we didn't know how or through whom.
But now the riddle has been solved by the neighbor. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
But now the riddle has been solved by the neighbor.
This painting is very "Vermeer-ish." - Close to Vermeer 00:11
This painting is very "Vermeer-ish."
Other things seem a bit more crude. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
Other things seem a bit more crude.
Like the folds of the yellow shawl. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Like the folds of the yellow shawl.
We know he might have done them a bit more elaborate. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
We know he might have done them a bit more elaborate.
They're not badly done, but they're not exceptional either. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
They're not badly done, but they're not exceptiona...
But The Lacemaker is one of his masterpieces. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
But The Lacemaker is one of his masterpieces.
It's like a milestone, it sets the standard we expect from Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer 00:09
It's like a milestone, it sets the standard we expect f...
So you think, perhaps he didn't finish this himself or perhaps... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
So you think, perhaps he didn't finish this himself or ...