Vermeer
Americannoun
noun
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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" will go on show in Osaka this week, on a rare trip abroad for the 17th-century Johannes Vermeer masterpiece and potentially its last to Japan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Vermeer emerged from the doctrinal matrices of 17th-century Delft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mr. Graham-Dixon posits that Baruch Spinoza, a “philosophical pantheist” and a friend of many Collegiants, was an influence on Vermeer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Michael Vermeer, a physical scientist at Rand Corporation, said that we have not yet figured out how to align models to human values, yet we are “deploying them as highly capable agents.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
“What was I supposed to say, ‘Which way to the Vermeer?’
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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