Vermeer. The Complete Works

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Despite numbering at just 35, Johannes Vermeer's works have prompted a New York Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where thousands flock to catch a glimpse of the enigmatic and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as the ''Dutch Mona Lisa''. In his lifetime, however, the fame of Johannes Vermeer(1632 1675) barely extended beyond his native Delft and a small circle of patrons.

After completing his studies of art history and archaeology at the University of Vienna, Karl Schutz joined the staff of the Gemaldegalerie of the city's Kunsthistorisches Museum, serving from 1972 as a curator and from 1990 to 2011 as its director. His particular scholarly interests include Netherlandish and Flemish painting, early-16th-century German painting, courtly portraiture, and the history of the Gemaldegalerie collection.

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