Only about 35 paintings by Johannes Vermeer are known today. The National Gallery owns four works by or attributed to this beloved 17thcentury Dutch artist. For decades, conservators, scientists, and curators at the National Gallery have conducted research into this quartet of paintings as well as two enigmatic works that are now considered to be 20thcentury forgeries. Vermeer’s Secrets draws on 50 years of imaging technology and microscopic examination to illuminate—and sometimes revolutionize—our understanding of how Vermeer achieved the compelling effects of his paintings’ lightfilled moments of quiet solitude. Betsy Wieseman, curator and head of the department of Northern European paintings, discusses the Vermeer’s Secrets exhibition.

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