[log in to unmask] meinte am 03.12.95
zum Thema "Re: Vermeer Show":

>  In article <[log in to unmask]>
>  [log in to unmask] "Quitty" writes:
>  > We live in Oregon.  Does anybody know when the Vermeer
>  > Show in the National Gallery end?  Also, how was the
>  > show?  How many pieces by Verneer?  Is it suitable for
>  > children :-)
>  I don't know when it closes in Washington, but it opens
>  in The Hague on 1st March.
>  The leaflet I have says that it contains 'more than 20'
>  of Vermeer's paintings.

Thats quiet a lot and they are all overcleaned! The only two
pieces in the original state are in Dresden (Germany) and Vienna
(Austria).

At least only about 36 pictures of Vermeer are known.
The title of the show is, so far as I know, "Vermeer in a new
light" (?). They are all looking now as impressionists works.
Nothing of the dark parts in these paintings resists the
cleaning.

It is very hard for me to see this pictures today. They haven't a
surface any more and they are destroyed therefore.
There is no way back to the original state!
The cleaning itself was a show for the public. Thats not a good
idea, as I think, because there is too much irritation around. I
mean it's a hard thing they did with Vermeer.

Let's bury this part of arthistory now, because all actions done
with his paintings are irreversible.

Crying
Peter

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