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The books recommended by Mauritshuis in response to my questions.
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Retouches 1956 closeup
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Not really sure about this part.
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Discussion about what was restored. The restorer went a little too far as if to want to improve Vermeer's technique.
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Retouches 1956
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1994 Restoration (in dutch)
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A pentimento (plural pentimenti) is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed their mind as to the composition during the process of painting. The word is Italian for repentance.
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Former man standing in the middle of the painting on the shore.
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Retouches 1956 - closeup
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Painting mid-restoration with some of the disgusting coating still on it.
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Image of where the painting was seriously messed up.
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Restoration in progress.
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List of restorations of View of Delft
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Underlayer color discussion 1 of 2
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Underlayer color discussion 2 of 2
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This looks so graffiti-esque to me. Vermeer's "tag" in View of Delft
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Color technique discussion
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Various talking points about technique. One being wet-on-wet like Bob Ross.
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Accidental photographic evidence of being in the library.
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Closeups
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Ultramarine description
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There's a section that discusses something that happens to oil paintings over time.
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Info about the varnish layer that had to be removed.
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Cross section of i think it was a cloud.
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Super interesting - cross sections, closeups, and underpainting of View of Delft.