vermeer

the dutch masters: vermeer

watched this rental dvd (netfliks)

learned:

work was influenced by italian paintings >like his father he was a art dealer that specialized in italian paintings - yet had never been there.

he was born shortly after the netherlands got their freedom from spain
(my dutch history sucks < did not know spain ever occupied holland)

it was 200 years after his death before his work was recognized
(credit pretty much goes to one guy who started to passionately collect, research, & write about vermeer)

there are only about 2 doz of his works acknowledged ( yet said elsewhere in dvd that there are 30 in existence < does mean some are undocumented/verified???)