L'Ambition de Vermeer. Sculpture from the 5th century BC

from the 5th century BC to the end of the 18th century AD

Through the magic of the brush and colors

Itineraries of museums and monuments in Italy

over the last sixty years

and five analytic chapters

L'Ambition de Vermeer. Sculpture from the 5th century BCTo a modern eye, what distinguishes Vermeer from his contemporaries, Metsu, Ter Borch or De Hooch, is the aura of mystery that emanates from his paintings. This all too common feeling has given rise to a vast literature, which is not always free of commonplaces. This poetic quality, singular and incontestable, is precisely the subject of this book. But it is not considered here as an ineffable dimension: as Daniel Arasse suggests, Vermeer, on the