Earlier this year, tickets for the Rijksmuseum’s landmark Vermeer exhibition sold out in minutes, with resales going for thousands online.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/tv-guide-tv-television-tonight/

Its galleries housed works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Botticelli.

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It’s the largest solo Vermeer show to date.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/sold-out-jan-vermeer-exhibition-in-amsterdam-goes-online-8507653/

They stole 19 paintings including works by Vermeer, Goya and Rubens worth £34 million today.

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“Vermeer isn’t so much about creating portraiture, but a staged world,” he said.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/arts/design/vermeer-rijksmueums.html

View of Houses in Delft, known as The Little Street, 1658-59, by Johannes Vermeer.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/31/31-day-art-diet-for-january-culture-new-year-laura-cumming