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1h 18m
Directed by Suzanne Raes • Documentary • 2023 • Netherlands • Dutch with English subtitles
Featuring Pieter Roelofs, Anna Krekeler, Jonathan Janson
Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever, mounted in early 2023 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, the retrospective was nothing short of an historic event. Suzanne Raes’s film follows curators, conservators, collectors, and experts in their joint mission to shine a new light on the elusive Dutch Master.
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