Vermeer's Secrets
Published on October 12, 2022
Only about 35 paintings by Johannes Vermeer are known today. The National Gallery owns four works by or attributed to this beloved 17th-century Dutch artist: Woman Holding a Balance, A Lady Writing, Girl with the Red Hat, and Girl with a Flute.
For decades, conservators, scientists, and curators at the National Gallery have conducted research into this quartet of paintings as well as two enigmatic works that are now considered to be 20th-century forgeries. Vermeer’s Secrets draws on 50 years of imaging technology and microscopic examination to illuminate—and sometimes revolutionize—our understanding of how Vermeer achieved the compelling effects of his paintings’ light-filled moments of quiet solitude.
In this behind-the-scenes glimpse, the National gallery of Art reveals their findings about these paintings and the artist who made them.
The exhibition runs from October 8, 2022 to January 8, 2023 at the National Gallery of Art, 6th St and Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC 20565.
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