The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is staging the most comprehensive Johannes Vermeer exhibition ever mounted (10 February-4 June). Here, we bring together our top coverage of the Dutch Old Master and the latest news from the once-in-a-lifetime show.

Latest

The Big Review: Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum ★★★★★

Exhibitions

Vermeer reality TV show brings back to life painter's missing masterpieces

Diary

The Girl with a Glass Bauble Earring? Why Vermeer's painting probably did not depict a real pearl

Art history

Revealed: Vermeer's patron was, in fact, a woman—and she bought half the artist’s entire oeuvre 

About the exhibition

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

Biggest ever Vermeer show gets bigger: Rijksmuseum announces further loans for blockbuster exhibition

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

Johannes Vermeer

Vermeer at the National Gallery in Washington, DC declared not the real thing

Fakes and attribution

Rijksmuseum upgrades three Vermeers ahead of blockbuster show—but not everyone agrees

Tests reveal secrets of four Vermeer paintings—including their authenticity—in Washington, DC show

Did this mysterious Dutch painter inspire Vermeer?

Discoveries

First Cupid, now a wine glass? More revelations emerge from restored Vermeer painting in Dresden

Research and conservation

An expert’s guide to Johannes Vermeer: five must-read books (and a website) on the Dutch Old Master

Book Club

First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum

Investigation of Vermeer painting reveals 'startling discoveries' about his technique

Was Vermeer a painter of pleasure or a staunch Jesuit supporter? New book challenges our knowledge of the artist

Courtauld “fake” exposed as a real Dutch period piece

Courtauld Gallery

Studies of the Vermeer forger Van Meegeren and 19th-century literary counterfeits 

Fakes & copies

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