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According to the movie "Tim's Vermeer", at least one Vermeer (The Music Lesson) is in Buckingham palace and not generally accessible to the public. How do you
by lisper 5y ago
According to the movie "Tim's Vermeer", at least one Vermeer (The Music Lesson) is in Buckingham palace and not generally accessible to the public. How do you get to see that one?
- dorkwood 5y agoAccording to Wikipedia, it's currently on display at the Queen's Gallery, which is open to the public.
- boppo1 5y ago>"Tim's Vermeer" A neat but sorta terrible documentary. The central claim is that Vermeer absolutely must have used a camera lucida because his detail would otherwise be impossible. In particular I remember the 'expert' claiming that a certain smooth gradation was impossible to paint without optical tools. Maybe for a modernist like Hockney, but there are painters with academic training who achieve that kind of work without optical tools. I'm not saying Vermeer didn't experiment with such tools, but the claims to their criticality in his process are a joke.
- Doxin 5y agoDeeply entertaining movie though. I feel like whether or not Vermeer actually used the presented methods isn't really even the point. It's a lovely deep dive on one guys obsession with trying to recreate a Vermeer.
- oh_sigh 5y agoTIL what Michael Fagan was up to.
- evgen 5y agoIt is in the Queen's collection but it does go on display. When I was squiring visiting family around the city we decided to do the palace tour and I was pleasantly surprised to turn a corner and see it on display right in front of me. This was only a few months after watching Tim's Vermeer so it was fun having to explain to the people with my why I was so excited to see it on display. If you plan ahead and time your visit right you too can see it in person.