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Vermeer and Delft: Art Master's Town Retains Its Charm |
| Section: LIFE / TRAVEL |
| Author: Harvey Hagman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2005 |
| Size: 2,844 Words, 17,856 Characters |
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From atop the stone tower of the Nieuwe Kerk, I look down on the Great Market Square in the heart of the old town and the small universe of Dutch master Jan Vermeer. The long, narrow square below exudes Old World charm in this lively, intimate town.
In the middle of the square is a statue of the jurist Hugo Grotius, native son and the father of international law and a contemporary of Vermeer (1632-75). Around the square run narrow, cobblestoned, canal-lined streets crossed by arched bridges and flanked by sturdy one- or two-story brick homes.
At the square's far end stands the restored Stadhuis or Town Hall with mullioned windows and a carillon that once called townspeople to defend the city. Today, the square's outdoor cafes and restaurants are filled.
In 1536, a century before V...
. . .
... sand dune, we say goodbye to the welcoming Dutch.
Two of Vermeer's most beautiful paintings are in the National Gallery of Art in Washington: The Girl With a Red Hat and Young Girl With a Flute. These two paintings, which Vermeer may have intended to hang together, were separated in the seventeenth century and reunited at the gallery.
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