Jan Vermeer: la mostra del Rijksmuseum di Amsterdam

He is among the most revered artists in history: the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is dedicating its largest monographic exhibition ever to Jan Vermeer. Some have even called it the exhibition of the century. Perhaps it's because it brings together 28 of the 37 known paintings from the world's most important collections. Perhaps it's because it attracts an international audience, traveling from every corner of the globe to see it. Perhaps it's because, open from February 10th to June 4th, it's already completely sold out, as if it were a star-studded event rather than a mysterious, intimate, and elusive artist from the mid-17th century. Perhaps it's because it's stunning. I'll accompany you on a virtual tour of this "exhibition of desires," at least from afar, telling you a little about the exhibition and the extraordinary works on display, whose reflections of light continue to shine in my mind. 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Proust's Love 03:02 Metaphysical Sacredness of the Everyday 03:42 Mysterious Artist (Delft, 1632-1675) 04:37 View of Delft, the Sky and the Light Modulations 05:24 The Death of Bergotte (Proust) in Front of the Yellow Wall 06:55 The Little Street of Delft (Interior and Exterior) 09:15 Young Woman Dozing (Typical Elements) 09:54 Protestant Family, Father a Weaver and Art Dealer 10:19 Marriage to the Catholic Catharina Bolnes (15 Children) 11:13 Diana and Her Nymphs (Venetian Tonal Painting, Utrecht Caravaggists) 12:46 Saint Praxedes (Collecting the Blood of the Martyrs) 14:19 Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 16:14 Leading the Guild of Saint Luke, Death 5:12 PM The Procurer (smiles in painting) 6:13 PM The Painter? 6:51 PM Objects from the Failure List 7:24 PM Woman Reading a Letter in Front of an Open Window 8:50 PM Paintings within Paintings, Windows on the Left, Curtains 10:55 PM Pieter de Hooch 11:35 PM The Milkmaid, Suspended Time, Central Perspective 10:07 PM Yellow and Lapis Lazuli Blue 10:24 PM Lute Player (Letters, Maps, the Outside World) 10:15 PM The Camera Obscura and Its Effects (Blurring) 10:09 PM Maps (Scientific Holland) 11:13 PM Soldier with a Smiling Girl (Red, the Chair) 11:44 PM Woman Writing a Letter with the Maid 11:52 PM Young Woman at the Virgin (Music) 11:17 PM Lacemaker, Light in Clusters and Points 11:07 PM Girl with a Pearl Earring (The "tronies") 38:02 Girl with a flute 39:13 Girl with a red hat 40:17 Maid holding out a letter (hesitation, Goa box) 42:11 Woman writing a letter 43:16 Woman in blue reading a letter 45:22 The love letter (the spectator in the closet!) 48:16 The slippers (Hoogstraten) 49:45 Woman standing at the spinet (music and love) 51:37 Young woman sitting at the spinet (von Baburen) 53:13 Guitar player (light from the right) 54:03 Music lesson 54:56 The concert 55:30 The glass of wine 57:44 Girl with a glass of wine 59:26 Interrupted concert 1:00:14 Woman with a jug of water 1:00:52 The geographer (globes (terrestrial and celestial) 1:02:10 The Astronomer 1:02:53 Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vanity) 1:03:45 Woman with the Scales (Last Judgment) 1:04:43 The Allegory of the Catholic Faith 1:07:18 The Allegory of Painting