Google celebrates Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer

Google chose this Friday in its doodle to pay tribute to the painter Johannes Vermeer.

The artist was indeed the subject of a retrospective in Washington (United States) which opened on November 12 in 1995. The Californian giant explained that he wanted to celebrate the anniversary of the start of this exhibition, at during which visitors were able to admire 21 of the 35 known works of the representative of the baroque movement.

Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is considered among the greatest Dutch painters of all time 🖌️

Discover how Vermeer created some of the world's most treasured works of art — such as "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" 🖼 # GoogleDoodle 🎨 by @KevinMLaughlin → https: / /t.co/SnaUFt9I8A pic.twitter.com/JdH7vnSFXG

- Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) November 12, 2021

The doodle presents Johannes Vermeer as "one of the greatest Dutch painters in history" and as "an artistic luminary".

For the occasion, two partial reproductions of paintings appear at the top of the search engine's home page.

These are

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A work tinged with mysteries

The page dedicated to the tribute shows a third work by the artist born in 1632,

. These paintings are representative of the style of Johannes Vermeer, particularly renowned for having depicted dimly lit interior scenes. The author of

 is also known for having included highly symbolic elements in his creations.

Besides the significance of these, experts in Johannes Vermeer's work continue to question the painting technique employed by the master.

To explain the precision of the details appearing in his paintings, some have argued that the painter had used a darkroom.

Thanks to this device, he would have projected the image of his subject on the canvas and would thus have obtained the basis of his drawings.

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