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Who was Johannes Vermeer? By Clare Bucknell Discussed in this essay: Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, by Andrew Graham-Dixon. W. W. Norton. 416 pages. $45. There’s an anecdote that crops up sooner or later in almost any book about Johannes Vermeer. In 1663, a French diplomat named Balthasar de Monconys traveled to the Netherlands. More than once, he visited the city of Delft. On his final visit, he noted in his diary, he made Vermeer’s acquaintance. He asked to see some of the artist’s work; Vermeer had none to show, he said, but he directed Monconys to the house of a baker who had bought one of his pictures. …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第353卷 第2114期 · 2026年7月刊,Clare Bucknell。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。