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  1. Jan 12, 2023 · Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-01-12 09:38:23 Associated-names Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675. Paintings; Taschen, Benedikt, book producer

  2. Oct 5, 2021 · Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675, Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Themes, motives, Painters -- Netherlands -- Biography Publisher New York : H.N. Abrams Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 183.7M

  3. Sep 10, 2018 · Vermeer's Hat shows just how rich this inventory was, and how the urge to acquire such things was refashioning the world more thoroughly than anyone quite realized. It offers us a rich new understanding both of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray."--Publisher description Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index

  4. 2024. Two men working internationally through a connection on Academia.com have discovered that painter Johannes Vermeer, real name Jan Reijnierszoon, was ships Captain, had a house on Manhattan Island and mapped the New Netherlands and New Amsterdam, in America. Addison Thompson, American Art Collector, found Vermeer's real name amongst the ...

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  5. Like Ulrich's books, Spence's books, such as The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci (Penguin, 1985), give pride of place to primary scholarship in prose that is nonetheless popular and accessible. In sum, Vermeer's Hat is a triumphant debut into popular historical writing, a genre this reviewer hopes Brook will continue to explore.

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  6. Jul 24, 2013 · Introduction. Johannes Vermeer (b. 1632–d. 1675) is heralded as one of the greatest artists of the 17th century, the golden age of Dutch painting. His status is all the more remarkable given that only thirty-six paintings have come down to us today. Vermeer was born in Delft to Reformed Protestant parents of relatively modest means.

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  8. Moving outward from Vermeer's studio, Brook traces the web of trade that was spreading across the globe. The wharves of Holland, wrote a French visitor, were "an inventory of the possible." Vermeer's Hat shows just how rich this inventory was, and how the urge to acquire the goods of distant lands was refashioning the world more powerfully than we have yet understood.

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