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Girl Reading at an Open Window - Vermeer (1657-59) (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Had a wee gander at the entry about the painting on Wikipedia, and learned that that part had been painted over after Vermeer's death, only to be revealed by restoration in 2021!

EDIT: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cat_about/open.html

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exciting, thanks.

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