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Vermeer

[ ver-meer; Dutch vuhr-meyr ]

noun

  1. Jan [yahn], Jan van der Meer van Delft, 1632–75, Dutch painter.


Vermeer

/ vərˈmeːr; vɛəˈmɪə /

noun

  1. VermeerJan16321675MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jan (jɑn). full name Jan van der Meer van Delft 1632–75, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his masterly treatment of light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The National Gallery of Art tapped its Fund for International Exchange to pay 25 guards it needed to open a blockbuster Vermeer exhibit for a week, to the delight of tourists and cabin-bound government workers alike.

The small Vermeer was left in a London church cemetery two days after Dugdale’s arrest in Ireland.

Thirteen masterpieces, Vermeer’s “The Concert” among them, were stolen, and have never been found.

But the true forgery—like the work of Han van Meegeren, the Dutch World War 2-era forger of Vermeer—is actually very rare.

At the risk of spoiling the end of the movie for readers, but the title is accurate—Tim paints a Vermeer.

In the film, Tim says he is 90 percent convinced that Vermeer used a device like his.

Think about thinking about the kind of effect that Vermeer created—just that leap is enormous.

And the painting you produced had the same Vermeer quality to it?

They are marvellous portraits; they are as smooth as a Vermeer, as definite as a Hals; as brooding and moving as a Rembrandt.

Substitute red for blue, it has been said, and a Vermeer becomes a De Hooch.

His compatriot Vermeer, whom he sometimes resembles, was similarly addicted to a note of blue.

This picture, apart from its beauty, is interesting as an illustration of the innovating courage of Vermeer.

And now we hear the question: Who owns the thirty-fifth Vermeer, Vermeer of the magical blue and yellow?

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verligteVermeer, Jan