Vermeer. The Complete Works

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Vermeer. The Complete Works. Johannes Vermeer, creator of life from oil paint

Despite numbering at just 35, his works have prompted a New York Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where thousands flock to catch a glimpse of the enigmatic and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as the ?

Dutch Mona Lisa?.

In his lifetime, however, the fame of Johannes Vermeer (1632?1675) barely extended beyond his native Delft and a small circle of patrons. After his death, his name was largely forgotten, except by a few Dut