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Vermeer the Complete Works
During his lifetime, the fame of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) hardly extended beyond his native Delft and the small circle of his patrons. After his death, his name was long forgotten and outside Holland his paintings came to be erroneously attributed to other artists.
It was not until the mid-19th century that Vermeer came to the attention of the international art world, which was suddenly able to admire his narrative precision, the meticulous detail of his textures and the majestic planes of light. They had discovered a genius.
Today, Vermeer's work has inspired a New York Times bestseller and a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth, not to mention record numbers of visitors to museums from Amsterdam to Washington D.C., and special security measures at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, where thousands flock to view the enigmatic and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as the Dutch Mona Lisa.
This edition brings together the catalogue of Vermeer's complete oeuvre in a monograph of exceptional quality that presents his quiet, captivating scenes, treasured in galleries throughout Europe and the United States.
With new photographs of many of his works, Vermeer's restricted but deeply evocative repertoire of domestic situations - someone writing a letter, playing an instrument or even preparing something in the kitchen - unfolds in one large volume. Numerous details reveal the artist's exceptional ability not only to capture the customs and habits of the Dutch Golden Age, but also to synthesise an entire story in a single gesture, an expression or a simple glance.
