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Vermeer Painting Visits the Met

2009_01_vermeer.jpg Arts Journal's Culture Grrl Lee Rosenbaum noticed a lovely "interloper" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's old masters gallery. Next to Johannes Vermeer's "Young Woman With a Water Pitcher" is a small painting, once owned by Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn (and thankfully not elbowed by him). Rosenbaum reports that the painting, "Young Woman Seated at the Virginals" (pictured), which had previously been called by some as a "near Vermeer," is now accepted as a Vermeer by a Met curator. Wynn, who paid $30 million for the painting, "Young Woman Seated At The Virginals" (pictured), in 2004, sold it last fall; it is now owned by the Leiden Gallery. The Met tells Rosenbaum the painting will be on display until June.

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  • S_R

    There are three Vermeers at the Frick Collection nearby, including 'Officer and Laughing Girl'. There's a map on the wall in that painting that is insanely detailed.

    A few years back The Met had an exhibition which showed a lot of Vermeer's paintings. It was one of those 'must see' exhibitions that I can only hope will happen again.

  • ides_of_march

    Vermeer was a great but not very prolific artist. There are only about 35 or so of his paintings authenticated so whenever you can see one, it's worth it.

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