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Vermeer

by Lawrence Gowing · 1960

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Lawrence Gowing's classic study has long been treasured for the painterly sensibilities he brought to this greatly loved body of work. Finally the text is available again, with a new foreword and fresh reproductions of Vermeer's paintings.

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NetherlandsNetherlandsMore like thisLess of this
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