I hadn’t seen any paintings by the 17th century Dutch artist, Johannes Vermeer, until I started living with a man who made a film about him. The relationship with my filmmaker boyfriend was stormy and it ended badly. (You know, artists.) But while we were together, we lived in Europe and trekked to exquisite Vermeers all over the world.
The Milkmaid, one of my favorites, is currently on loan at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum [1] from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It will be exhibited there until the end of November, along with five other paintings by the Dutch master, already in the Met’s collection. They’re breathtaking, and worth the long lines.