The Master of Delft.(Critical Essay)

The Antioch Review | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

TRANSLATED BY DINARA GEORGEOLIANI MARK HALPERIN

"And won't you," she had ventured, "come just once and have tea with me?" He had pleaded pressure of work, an essay--which, in reality, he had abandoned years ago--on Vermeer of Delft.

--M. Proust

Let me ask those who love Vermeer if they have noted in his paintings the other canvases decorating the rooms he painted? I'm not sure everyone will answer affirmatively, but those who noticed are unlikely to recall what they depict. I said Vermeer's "paintings" and "canvases" in his paintings because ...

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