Johannes Vermeer
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Conservation on mysterious Vermeer painting reveals it may have been his final work
Pollution particles found in Young Woman seated at a Virginal, owned by the Rembrandt collector Thomas Kaplan, are helping to date the work, which only publicly surfaced at auction in 2004
Renewed Frick Collection balances tradition and transformation
The 90-year-old Manhattan institution—historic home of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick—opens a new chapter, expanding gallery space and inviting the public into the Frick family’s former living quarters for the first time
How to see every painting by Johannes Vermeer
Missed the blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum? Fear not, we present an insider’s guide to seeing all his 36 paintings across the globe, from London and New York, to Braunschweig and Tokyo
An expert’s guide to Johannes Vermeer: five must-read books (and a website) on the Dutch Old Master
All you ever wanted to know about Vermeer, from a “legendary” show catalogue to an illustrated book for kids—selected by the curators Pieter Roelofs and Gregor J. M. Weber
Vermeer film proves that people really do want to watch art in cinemas
The company Exhibition on Screen is producing films about artists—and it may have just had a breakthrough with the Dutch artist
The Leiden Collection Vermeer
Young Woman seated at a Virginal (1670-75), in the collection of the US entrepreneur Thomas Kaplan, is the only painting by Vermeer still in private hands
Conservation on mysterious Vermeer painting reveals it may have been his final work
Pollution particles found in Young Woman seated at a Virginal, owned by the Rembrandt collector Thomas Kaplan, are helping to date the work, which only publicly surfaced at auction in 2004
From the archive | £16.2 million Vermeer led patchy sales
But major works failed to sell
From the archive | Can the new Vermeer make £20m?
A committee of experts has decided that the reattributed painting, Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, is authentic
From the archive | Young woman at a virginal: A Vermeer? 'Oh yes it is! Oh no it’s not!'
After its showing in New York, Baron Rolin’s “Young woman at a virginal” has been accepted as plausible enough to be included in the London stage of the exhibition, but some scholars have yet to be convinced
From the archive | A 36th Vermeer?
Paint analysis suggests that "Woman at a virginal", which is in private hands and has been dismissed for 50 years, may be by the master
Podcasts
Vermeer special: the man, the show and an attribution debate
As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
The state of painting now
Plus, its enduring market appeal and new secrets revealed in a restored Vermeer
Vermeer's hidden cupid, the Prado's Dutch-Spanish show, plus Helen Cammock
The story behind the revealing of Cupid in one of Vermeer's greatest masterpieces, and Helen Cammock on her Whitechapel show and nomination for this year's Turner Prize
Exhibitions
The Big Review: Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum ★★★★★
A less-is-more approach to the biggest ever exhibition of the Dutch Old Master’s paintings makes this blockbuster a triumph
Vermeer vs Pokémon: the double-edged sword of the blockbuster exhibition
Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging
Frick Collection to reopen in April with Vermeer exhibition in the works
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year
Louvre exhibition debunks 'isolated genius' myth of Vermeer
Dutch artist may not have secluded himself in Delft as previously believed
Walk in Vermeer's footsteps: exhibition in artist's home city reveals 'the man behind the paintings'
Prinsenhof Museum show in Delft opens along with landmark Rijksmuseum exhibition on Dutch 17th-century painter
The Girl with a Pearl Earring
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' reexamined in 100 billion pixels: discoveries from the Vermeer symposium in Amsterdam
Experts from around the world have revealed fascinating new information about the Dutch Old Master and his works
Online storm erupts over AI work in Dutch museum’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ display
Mauritshuis currently has 170 works on display as part of its “My Girl with a Pearl” initiative while Vermeer’s masterpiece is on loan
Mauritshuis shines a light on its famous Vermeer
A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight
The ‘pearly triangle’: neurological investigation reveals secret of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
The study also found that when volunteers looked at five works of art in the Hague’s Mauritshuis museum, their brains responded ten times more positively than when they viewed reproductions
New secrets of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring to be revealed online next week
Mauritshuis museum's detailed technical examination uncovers new findings on the Dutch artist's brushwork, pigments and technique
Conservation
Hidden Cupid resurfaces in one of Vermeer’s best-known works after two and a half centuries
Laboratory tests revealed "sensational" discovery that the figure in Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was overpainted decades after the artist’s death
Comment | Cupid ‘outing’ in Vermeer painting is the right move
The uncovered figure changes the composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
Mauritshuis shines a light on its famous Vermeer
A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight
The master's hand: a treasured Vermeer gives up its secrets
Extensive scientific testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else
Tests reveal secrets of four Vermeer paintings—including their authenticity—in Washington, DC show
The National Gallery of Art has carried out scientific tests on the works, finding fascinating discoveries beneath the paint
Questions of attribution
Vermeer special: the man, the show and an attribution debate
As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington
Vermeer at the National Gallery in Washington, DC declared not the real thing
The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings
Rijksmuseum upgrades three Vermeers ahead of blockbuster show—but not everyone agrees
New additions to Old Master's canon go against a recent analysis conducted by Washington D.C's National Gallery of Art
Does the Philadelphia Museum of Art hold an unknown Vermeer?
Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time
Vermeer mysteries and puzzles
The hunt for as many as nine elusive Vermeer paintings continues
As the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster brings together an unprecedented number of works by the Old Master, paintings including a self-portrait are still missing
The Met's Vermeer may contain a hidden self-portrait of the artist at work
X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush
Did this mysterious Dutch painter inspire Vermeer?
The story of enigmatic artist Jacobus Vrel will be told in an exhibition scheduled for 2023 and in a book published this month
Vermeer reality TV show brings back to life painter's missing masterpieces
A hit in The Netherlands, "The New Vermeer" challenges artists to recreate works from a wide variety of materials—including Lego
Revisiting the Gardner heist: no paintings, no arrests, but mobsters galore in new Netflix series
While the four-part documentary retreads well-worn ground, it reminds viewers why the unsolved crime remains so intriguing
Vermeer's artistic influence
Van Gogh was an early admirer of Vermeer: 'celestial blues and yellows.. I can’t paint as beautifully as that'
And a surprise: Vincent’s brother Theo helped sell two paintings by the Delft master
Magritte painting thought to be an homage to Vermeer heads to auction in Paris
Surrealist work is estimated to make €2m at Sotheby's
Bob Dylan on Da Vinci, Van Gogh and the camera obscura
The singer says his landscapes would have a soundtrack by Charlie Parker or Peetie Wheatstraw
Vermeer and the masters of genre painting
The Dutch painter and his contemporaries could not resist the temptation to improve one another's compositions
Pieter de Hooch steps out from Vermeer's shadow in new Delft show
First survey in the Netherlands puts the spotlight back onto the ‘other’ Golden Age painter
Vermeer in his lifetime
Was Vermeer a painter of pleasure or a staunch Jesuit supporter? New book challenges our knowledge of the artist
Gregor Weber's biography "Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection" also supports the controversial view that Vermeer used a camera obscura
Walk in Vermeer's footsteps: exhibition in artist's home city reveals 'the man behind the paintings'
Prinsenhof Museum show in Delft opens along with landmark Rijksmuseum exhibition on Dutch 17th-century painter
Revealed: Vermeer's patron was, in fact, a woman—and she bought half the artist’s entire oeuvre
New research in the Rijksmuseum's catalogue for its Vermeer blockbuster suggests that Maria de Knuijt may have influenced his subject matter