Vermeer revisited

Let me share (almost!) one of my Christmas presents with you.

Of the books I have enjoyed most during this past year, three are books on art. I have already really warmly recommended here the wonderful catalogue for the still-current exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. And then with great enjoyment and great admiration I have reread Laura Cumming’s quite beautifully written Thunderclap.

That book about the Delft painter Fabritius (and so much more) left me wanting to get to know his work and that of his more-or-less contemporaries rather better. So for Christmas, I found myself a perfect (and cheap!) second-hand copy of the weighty and beautifully produced book that accompanied a blockbuster exhibition Vermeer and the Delft School, shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and then at the National Gallery back in 2001. This has turned out to be simply stunning, and has given/will give hours of unalloyed pleasure.

And you can, to a good extent, share the pleasure if you want. For a PDF of the book is quite freely downloadable from the MMA website. So, enjoy! — though I suppose you will really need a large enough screen to get something like the best experience. But do give it a try.

Happy New Year.

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