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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So we see different influences, a very young artistwith a lot of ambitions and using the...

So we see different influences, a very young artist
with a lot of ambitions and using the biggest canvases
he could buy

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So we see different influences,
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a very young artist with a lot of ambitions
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and using the biggest canvases he could buy.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:52
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...
ROBERT LINDSAY: Preaching to the people, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:16
ROBERT LINDSAY: Preaching to the people,
Martha had a sister named Mary, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
Martha had a sister named Mary,
But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:15
But Martha was distracted by her many tasks,
"Tell her then to help me." - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:16
"Tell her then to help me."
"Mary has chosen the better part, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
"Mary has chosen the better part,
Martha sees a path to salvation through toil and hard work, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
Martha sees a path to salvation through toil and hard work,
GREGOR: We can already see in these paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
GREGOR: We can already see in these paintings
Women, colour, light, all these things you can see there. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Women, colour, light, all these things you can see there.
But he was not able in that time or was not interested in that time - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
But he was not able in that time or was not interested in th...
Now, young artists, of course, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
Now, young artists, of course,
Next to the religious subjects, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:11
Next to the religious subjects,
We know of another one, which is lost in the 18th century. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
We know of another one, which is lost in the 18th century.
It depicts a situation from the Metamorphoses of Ovidius, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:19
It depicts a situation from the Metamorphoses of Ovidius,
One of the nymphs is washing the feet of Diana. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
One of the nymphs is washing the feet of Diana.
She is sitting in the centre with this little half-moon on her head - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
She is sitting in the centre with this little half-moon on h...
Vermeer is also the master of colour, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
Vermeer is also the master of colour,
Diana is the goddess of the moon, and the moonlight is a pale yellow. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Diana is the goddess of the moon, and the moonlight is a pal...
And for me, this colour scheme is coming from Venetian artists. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And for me, this colour scheme is coming from Venetian artis...
The Saint Praxedis is also a religious painting - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
The Saint Praxedis is also a religious painting
And the Jesuits had a special relationship - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And the Jesuits had a special relationship