NewsDiscoveries
Did this mysterious Dutch painter inspire Vermeer?
The story of enigmatic artist Jacobus Vrel will be told in an exhibition scheduled for 2023 and in a book published this month
NewsJohannes Vermeer
First Cupid, now a wine glass? More revelations emerge from restored Vermeer painting in Dresden
Major restoration on Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window shows a large studded goblet later covered by a green curtain
PreviewExhibitions
Recently restored Cupid joins nine Vermeer masterpieces for blockbuster show
Dresden exhibition will include Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window along with key international loans and works by other Dutch Golden Age artists
NewsJohannes Vermeer
First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum
Drastically altered composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window can now be seen in all its glory ahead of major exhibition
NewsRedundancies
Curators responsible for Queen’s art collection lose their jobs in Covid-19 cost-cutting exercise
Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures post, held by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, will be ‘lost and held in abeyance’
NewsJohannes Vermeer
Blockbuster Vermeer exhibition—including restored 'hidden Cupid' painting—announced at Dresden's Semperbau
The show promises to be “one of the most spectacular” in the newly renovated museum's history
PreviewBook Club
New Getty publication brings together life-affirming DIY masterpieces made during lockdown
Participants worldwide re-created famous works by Vermeer, Munch and Klimt—using everyday household items
NewsJohannes Vermeer
Unknown masterpiece? Picture 'likely' based on lost Vermeer to be unveiled in Antwerp
A Young Woman with a Wine Glass and a Musician playing a Tenor Recorder could be a copy of a work by the great Dutch painter
NewsConservation & Preservation
The master's hand: a treasured Vermeer gives up its secrets
Extensive testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else
NewsConservation
New secrets of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring to be revealed online next week
Mauritshuis museum's detailed technical examination uncovers new findings on the Dutch artist's brushwork, pigments and technique
BlogDiary
From Vermeer to vermin: quarantined curators plan major new mouse-sized museum
NewsMuseums & Heritage
A mystery for the ages: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
The world’s greatest unsolved art theft continues to obsess—and stump—investigators
NewsDiscoveries
Hidden Cupid resurfaces in one of Vermeer’s best-known works after two and a half centuries
Laboratory tests revealed "sensational" discovery that the figure in Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was overpainted decades after the artist’s death
FeatureThe Netherlands
Golden Age day trips from Tefaf Maastricht: our pick of must-see shows
The 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt this year has prompted a glut of exhibitions devoted to the Dutch artist and his peers
PreviewExhibitions
Crowd-magnet Vermeer borrowed for Alte Pinakothek’s curtain-raiser
Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation
NewsConservation & Preservation
Mauritshuis shines a light on its famous Vermeer
A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight
ArchiveOctober 2010
The source of infamous forger Van Meegeren’s secret supplies exposed
A Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch faker bought lapis lazuli paint for his “Vermeers” in bulk from Winsor & Newton
ArchiveCourtauld Gallery
Courtauld “fake” exposed as a real Dutch period piece
Work attributed to 20th-century master forger Han van Meegeren may be 17th-century painting owned by Vermeer
ArchiveFakes & copies
Studies of the Vermeer forger Van Meegeren and 19th-century literary counterfeits
Confusing, criminal, but very virile
CommentLeaders
Comment | Cupid ‘outing’ in Vermeer painting is the right move
The uncovered figure changes the composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
Martin Bailey