A full checklist of the Vermeer work to be proven within the Rijksmuseum’s bold retrospective subsequent 12 months has simply been introduced at a press briefing in New York. It was held on the Frick Assortment, which exceptionally is lending all three of its Vermeers. Frick work are usually not allowed out on mortgage, however because the museum is closed for refurbishment, particular permission was granted.
Vermeer’s Christ within the Home of Mary and Martha (1654-55), Nationwide Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Taco Dibbits, the Rijksmuseum’s common director, describes this as an “extraordinary gesture”, because it marks the primary time the three works might be proven exterior New York since their acquisition over a century in the past.
Lots of the key loans have already been recorded by The Artwork Newspaper in our earlier stories, however to those we are able to add additional main photos. Loans introduced at the moment embrace The Lacemaker (1666-68, Musée du Louvre, Paris), Christ within the Home of Mary and Martha (1654-55, Nationwide Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh), Allegory of the Catholic Religion (1670-74, Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, New York) and The Procuress (1656, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Vermeer’s Allegory of the Catholic Religion (1670-74), Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, New York
Altogether 28 works of Johannes Vermeer’s small oeuvre, which the Rijksmuseum has beforehand numbered as totalling round 35, are to be proven. The exhibition, probably the most essential of subsequent 12 months, will run in Amsterdam from 10 February-4 June 2023. Tickets are occurring sale, on-line (adults, €30).
Vermeer’s The Procuress (1656), Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Pieter Roelofs, the Rijksmuseum’s exhibition co-curator (with Gregor Weber), factors out: “The thriller of Vermeer has clung to the artist for greater than 150 years and has turn into a part of his status. Connecting what we now learn about his private life together with his work brings us nearer to him.” Along with an in depth catalogue (accessible in English), Weber can even publish a guide entitled Johannes Vermeer: Religion, Gentle and Reflection.
