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Today we are tuning our ears and eyes to Vermeer’s musical masterpieces. We examine the following paintings: The Music Lesson, The Girl with a Guitar, The Concert, The Love Letter. Then we dive into some of Vermeer’s juiciest paintings: The Glass of Wine, The Girl with the Wine Glass. And we will join Vermeer for some quite moments in A Maid Asleep, Study of a Young Woman, and Girl with a Red Hat. Chiaroscuro, Maria de Knuijt, Catharina Bolnes, Pieter van Ruijven, The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, the Louvre, the National Gallery in London, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, art heist, art theft, 17th century Dutch Art, Baroque art, 17th-century Dutch society

Today, we enter Vermeer’s personal literary salon—where women don’t just read, they absorb secrets, pour out hearts, and keep the whole postal service running on caffeine and tea. We also examine The Geographer and The Astronomer, Vermeer’s two bro-cations into the world of scientific dudes, and why one of them may be Jesus reincarnated. We’ll turn our gaze to Vermeer’s religious paintings: The Allegory of the Catholic Faith and Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diana and her Companions. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, The Milkmaid, Woman Reading a Letter, A Lady Writing a Letter, The Love Letter, In Mistress and Maid, A Young Woman Reading, The Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Catharina Bolnes, Jacob Jordaens, Martha and Mary and Lazarus, Diana and her Companions

The Birth of a Mystery, a legendary 17th century Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. We talk about Vermeer’s career—how he joined the Guild of Saint Luke, who his patrons were, why a baker saved his artistic life, and how he quietly changed art forever. Dutch Golden Age, Maria de Knuijt, Catharina Bolnes, The Milkmaid, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Allegory of Painting, The Art of Painting