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Vermeer roll call: final loans for Rijksmuseum blockbuster include masterworks from the Louvre and Met

The full list of paintings to be shown in the ambitious retrospective next year was announced at a press briefing in New York

Martin Bailey
1 November 2022
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Johannes Vermeer's The Lacemaker (1666-68) at the Musée du Louvre, Paris Photo: Son of Groucho

Johannes Vermeer's The Lacemaker (1666-68) at the Musée du Louvre, Paris Photo: Son of Groucho

A full list of the Vermeer paintings to be shown in the Rijksmuseum’s ambitious retrospective next year has just been announced at a press briefing in New York. It was held at the Frick Collection, which exceptionally is lending all three of its Vermeers. Frick paintings are normally not allowed out on loan, but as the museum is closed for refurbishment, special permission was granted.

Vermeer's Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (1654-55), National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Taco Dibbits, the Rijksmuseum’s general director, describes this as an “extraordinary gesture”, since it marks the first time the three works will be shown outside New York since their acquisition over a century ago.

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Biggest ever Vermeer show to take place at the Rijksmuseum in 2023—and it will include the Girl with the Pearl Earring

Martin Bailey

Many of the key loans have already been recorded by The Art Newspaper in our earlier reports, but to these we can add further major pictures. Loans announced today include The Lacemaker (1666-68, Musée du Louvre, Paris), Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (1654-55, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh), Allegory of the Catholic Faith (1670-74, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and The Procuress (1656, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).

Vermeer's Allegory of the Catholic Faith (1670-74), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Altogether 28 works of Johannes Vermeer’s small oeuvre, which the Rijksmuseum has previously numbered as totalling around 35, are to be shown. The exhibition, one of the most important of next year, will run in Amsterdam from 10 February-4 June 2023. Tickets are going on sale, online (adults, €30).

Vermeer's The Procuress (1656), Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Pieter Roelofs, the Rijksmuseum’s exhibition co-curator (with Gregor Weber), points out: “The mystery of Vermeer has clung to the artist for more than 150 years and has become part of his reputation. Connecting what we now know about his personal life with his work brings us closer to him.” In addition to a detailed catalogue (available in English), Weber will also publish a book entitled Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection.

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