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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And he creates such an illusionthrough this that you can never see paint

And he creates such an illusion
through this that you can never see paint

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And he creates such an illusion through this
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that you can never see paint.
Duration
9 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:18:05
Uploaded
Mar 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Seventh Art Productions

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Movie Summary

The Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis host an exhibition bringing together Vermeer masterpieces. The museum director and curators give a private tour, sharing new research into Vermeer's artistic process, and motivations for his composi...
MAN: Vermeer lived in Delft, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:11
MAN: Vermeer lived in Delft,
And of these 23,000, 5,000 were Catholic, so just a quarter. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
And of these 23,000, 5,000 were Catholic, so just a quarter.
So it was possible to be Catholic, but the Catholics were not allowed - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
So it was possible to be Catholic, but the Catholics were no...
As a Calvinistic-born artist and young man, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
As a Calvinistic-born artist and young man,
And not only she was very close to the Catholics, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
And not only she was very close to the Catholics,
So, there was one Jesuit in her family, and they lived there. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
So, there was one Jesuit in her family, and they lived there...
So, it was really a very, very close neighbourhood. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
So, it was really a very, very close neighbourhood.
PIETER: I think walking through the exhibition - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
PIETER: I think walking through the exhibition
It's not just seeing his oeuvre, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
It's not just seeing his oeuvre,
It really enables us to get a thorough understanding - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
It really enables us to get a thorough understanding
He is an artist who is able to come up with new inventions - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
He is an artist who is able to come up with new inventions
GREGOR: The first room shows early works, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:11
GREGOR: The first room shows early works,
So, Christ In The House Of Mary And Martha, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
So, Christ In The House Of Mary And Martha,
So I think he tried to be an artist of the Grand Manner. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
So I think he tried to be an artist of the Grand Manner.
And this painting has a lot of features of Flemish art. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
And this painting has a lot of features of Flemish art.
In other paintings of this early period, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
In other paintings of this early period,
Another painting is after a Venetian taste, the Diana. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Another painting is after a Venetian taste, the Diana.
And again, another painting, The Procuress, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And again, another painting, The Procuress,
So we see different influences, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:11
So we see different influences,
ROBERT LINDSAY: Preaching to the people, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:16
ROBERT LINDSAY: Preaching to the people,