US EditionResearch Reveals Vermeer Made Significant Changes to "The Little Street" Painting
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On the 350th anniversary of his death, Johannes Vermeer, the master of the Golden Age, continues to reveal secrets. An investigation carried out by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, has found that he made some changes to his work entitled The Street (1658-1659). It is the view of a building on the edge of a canal in Delft, the painter’s hometown, and it has been proven that the door of the house was first closed. When he decided to open it, the woma…
At least 30 of the 37 paintings attributed to the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer show alterations, from minimal adjustments to radical modifications, including La callecita, where he had originally represented a closed door and a woman at another point in the scene, according to research coordinated by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. These findings are part of a multidisciplinary study summarized in the book Nearer to Vermeer, published on the occ…
Research reveals Vermeer made significant changes to "The Little Street" painting
New research published Thursday reveals that Johannes Vermeer initially painted the house in The Little Street with a closed door and placed a different figure in the scene before making significant changes to the composition.The findings are detailed in Closer to Vermeer: New Research on the Painter and His Art, a 432-page English-language book released to mark the 350th anniversary of Vermeer’s death. The study is based on extensive investigat…
A major investigation into the work of Johannes Vermeer has yielded several new insights. For example, it appears that the old master initially painted the house in his famous painting "The Little Street" (c. 1658-1659) with the door closed. The woman now sitting in the doorway turns out to be a mirror image of the figure he initially placed in the opening of the alley to the left of the house.
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