# How "Real" are Vermeer's Paintings?

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**Category:** History of Art\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376 "2017-05-04T23:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376/1 "2017-05-04T23:20:02Z")

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“We think of Johannes Vermeer as a meticulous detailer of the everyday. But his paintings and those of his contemporaries have more to do with each other than life in the Dutch Republic, writes Alastair Sooke.”

> **[Why Vermeer’s paintings are less ‘real’ than we think](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170425-why-vermeers-paintings-are-less-real-than-we-think)**
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> Vermeer is known as a meticulous detailer of the everyday. But his paintings have more to do with his patrons and other artists than life in the Dutch Republic, writes Alastair Sooke.

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**Author:** ![ob123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/94ad74/32.png) [@ob123](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/ob123)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376/2 "2017-05-05T12:21:56Z")

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interesting article. i have to say, just for entertainment purposes alone, “tim’s Vermeer” is a must see. very very interesting as well…

> **[Tim's Vermeer (2013) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/)**
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> Directed by Teller. With Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman. Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

i also highly doubt tim jenison has never painted before. just mixing the colors alone and his work on the fabric would be impossible for someoen who had never painted. just my opinion. regardless, an entertaining movie.

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**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376/3 "2017-05-05T12:46:57Z")

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You know, I shared this article in another group and several people brought up the same things (That Tim’s Vermeer is a must see and that a few of the claims are slightly dubious! LoL!). I haven’t seen it yet but it’s definitely on my list. Thanks Mark!