A 2013 documentary by illusionist and skeptic Teller, one half of Penn and Teller, explores recent theories on how 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer created some of the best-beloved ...
Secreted away beneath layers of paint in Johannes Vermeer’s “A Maid Asleep” (ca. 1657) sits a faceless man. The figure, now buried by rich, dark pigments in the top-right corner, was first detected in ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. One of Johannes Vermeer’s most famous paintings, “The Guitar Player,” has gone on show ...