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And he made changes that were very, very significant
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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And he made changesthat were very, very significant

And he made changes
that were very, very significant

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And he made changes that were very, very significant.
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00:27:44
Uploaded
Mar 10, 2025
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documentary
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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...
In The Procuress there were... the coin, the gold coin. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
In The Procuress there were... the coin, the gold coin.
He took gold coins away to make just one, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
He took gold coins away to make just one,
Lives, reputations, loves, emotions, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
Lives, reputations, loves, emotions,
A beautiful point to make. So tiny, so sharp. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
A beautiful point to make. So tiny, so sharp.
So the format still relates to the big history paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
So the format still relates to the big history paintings
I think the Dutch had quite a blunt kind of humour in the 17th century. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
I think the Dutch had quite a blunt kind of humour in the 17...
And this is, I believe, a very important aspect - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And this is, I believe, a very important aspect
You should behave like this or not like that. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
You should behave like this or not like that.
This kind of dual idea of moral humour - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:15
This kind of dual idea of moral humour
But it's also the time period in which Jan Steen settled in Delft - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
But it's also the time period in which Jan Steen settle...
And if there's one artist in the 17th century - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
And if there's one artist in the 17th century
Well, sometimes, even the nasty aspects - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Well, sometimes, even the nasty aspects
There is a kind of glimpse or echo - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
There is a kind of glimpse or echo
But what we do see is that he's looking straight into our eyes - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
But what we do see is that he's looking straight into o...
TACO: And then suddenly, he discovers the interior, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:22
TACO: And then suddenly, he discovers the interior,
He tries a new genre, a genre that's been painted before, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
He tries a new genre, a genre that's been painted befor...
But he does something very special, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
But he does something very special,
So we still don't know if it's actually in the room - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
So we still don't know if it's actually in the roo...
And there's a woman, unaware of us as the spectator, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
And there's a woman, unaware of us as the spectator,
Relatively few paintings show Vermeer and the subjects of Vermeer - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
Relatively few paintings show Vermeer and the subjects of Ve...