
Johannes Vermeer: On Reflection
PastJohannes Vermeer. Vom Innehalten
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
- Dates
- 10 Sept 2021 – 2 Jan 2022
Ten Vermeers shown alongside around fifty contemporary Dutch genre paintings — the largest Vermeer exhibition ever held in Germany. Curated by Uta Neidhardt with Stephan Koja, and built around the restoration of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, which revealed a previously overpainted Cupid.
Paintings10

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
1657–1659

The Procuress
1656

The Little Street
1657–1661

Girl Interrupted in her Music
1658–1661

The Girl with a Wine Glass
1659–1662

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
1662–1665

Woman Holding a Balance
1662–1665

Woman with a Lute
1662–1665

The Geographer
1668–1669

A Lady Standing at a Virginal
1670–1674
Sources
- Essential Vermeer, Complete Vermeer Exhibition History (1838–2025), essentialvermeer.com