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?