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Vermeer, Pieter Roelofs, Gregor J.M. Weber ; Bart Cornelis, Bente Frissen, Sabine Pénot, Friederike Schütt, Christian Tico Seifert, Ariane Van Suchtelen, Majorie E. Wieseman ; foreword by Taco Dibbits, General Director, Rijksmuseum

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-315) and index

contains biographical information

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Pieter Roelofs, Gregor J.M. Weber ; Bart Cornelis, Bente Frissen, Sabine Pénot, Friederike Schütt, Christian Tico Seifert, Ariane Van Suchtelen, Majorie E. Wieseman ; foreword by Taco Dibbits, General Director, Rijksmuseum

"Johannes Vermeer's intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers. Who is being portrayed? Are his subjects real or imagined? And how did he create such an unrivaled sense of intimacy? Bringing together diverse strands of the Dutch master's professional and private worlds, this is the first major authoritative study of Vermeer's life and work for many years shedding light on all thirty-seven of his paintings. With a wide selection of contextual illustrations, commentaries and up-to-date research by distinguished international Vermeer scholars, here is the definitive volume on the most admired of all seventeenth-century Dutch masters, one of the world's greatest artists."--, Back cover

The oeuvre of Johannes Vermeer -- Note from the editors / Pieter Roelofs, Gregor J.M. Weber -- Foreword / Taco Dibbits -- Johannes Vermeer (Delft 1632-1675): modestly masterful / Pieter Roelofs -- Closer to Vermeer: a look inside the family home of the Delft painter / Pieter Roelofs -- Vermeer's pictorial world / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Early ambitions: Vermeer's journey from Bible to brothel / Christian Tico Seifert -- Venturing into town / Pieter Roelofs -- In search of the perfect illusion of space / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Windows between outer and inner worlds / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Fashionable intruders / Ariane van Suchtelen -- At a distance / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Up close / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Vermeer's tronies: an outward gaze of connection / Pieter Roelofs -- Musical appeal / Bart Cornelis -- Letters: the world outside inside / Marjorie E. Wieseman -- The entire world inside / Friederike Schütt -- Paths to inner values / Gregor J.M. Weber -- Ambitions of eternal renown: the art of painting / Sabine Pénot -- Johannes Vermeer: list of works, with provenance and literature / Bente Frissen -- The estate inventory of Catharina Bolnes