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Johannes Vermeer and the Location of The Little Street

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Johannes Vermeer emerged around 1655, aged just twenty-three, and already fully formed as an artist. After a couple of historical works, by the end of the decade he had completed most of his best loved paintings: Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window is attributed to 1657, The Little Street and The Milkmaid to the following year, and the glorious View of...

Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background and The Milkmaid: Van Gogh and Vermeer

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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam reopened after seven months a few days ago, 1 May - the culmination of a renovation process which I briefly discussed over at amsterdamarm. The new exhibition which marks the museum's reopening is entitled Van Gogh at Work, and is the product of eight years of research undertaken by the Van Gogh Museum,...