The New York Review of Books·2026-10-15 20:00· 20 d agoFeaturedRecommendation80.56

Vermeer’s Vanishing Act

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Why is it that so many smart, inquisitive writers, smitten by the elusiveness of Vermeer’s pictures, should work so hard to wrestle that elusiveness into submission?

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