A Lost Art

Along with Rembrandt van Rijn and Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a major artist during the Dutch Golden Age. He painted only about 36 pictures, and he’s mentioned in just a few written documents. He had admirers but was mostly forgotten after he died. It took 200 years before French art critic Theophile Thore-Burger rediscovered Vermeer.