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Together with Weber, a number of Vermeer enthusiasts and experts go in search of what truly makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. Through new discoveries and by dissecting the work layer by layer, this film brings us closer to the painter to understand the decisions he made and the steps in his oeuvre.
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Close to Vermeer Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever, mounted in early 2023 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, the retrospective was nothing short of an historic event.
His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij Vermeer (Close to Vermeer) follows Gregor Weber, a globally renowned Vermeer expert and flamboyant curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In the year before he retires, he works on his big dream: the largest Vermeer exhibition ever.
Suzanne Raes’s film follows curators, conservators, collectors, and experts in their joint mission to shine a new light on the elusive Dutch Master. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever, mounted in early 2023 at the Rijksmuseum in ...
Released May 26th, 2023, 'Close to Vermeer' stars Gregor J. M. Weber, Pieter Roelofs, Abbie Vandivere, Jonathan Janson The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 17 min, and received a user score of 78 ...
Close to Vermeer: Directed by Suzanne Raes. With Pieter Roelofs, Anna Krekeler, Abbie Vandivere, Betsy Wieseman. Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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May 26, 2023 · The film is filled with almost microscopic shots of Vermeer's work, the tiny cracks in the paint, the shadowy brush strokes, zooming in on the details. Pieter Roelofs, Weber's co-curator, travels to museums worldwide to negotiate lending out "their" Vermeers for the exhibition. It's a fascinating inside glimpse of backroom dealings at a very ...
