Thank you for this. I just went to Mauritshuis and Delft.  I love Dutch painting and I am so pleased to have found your channel. Tomorrow I will watch the second half.

Those spots look like sesame seed ....The ball looks like a finial...SO Much to read into a painting ..WHEW.!!!!!!!

Thank you much for this great enjoyment of such a magnificent artist's paintings.

i love the fact that you are dissecting each and every vermeer.  each piece is precious. excellent information about one of my all time favorite artists.  thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for this video. I am going to the exhibition next week. This is exactly what I needed. It is truly appreciated.

Thank you for a  deep look and fine commentary into these great paintings. Wonder how a group of high school students would interpret them today, without any advisement.

WONDERFUL, many thanks for this!

Congratulations on a phenomenal breakdown on Vermeer. You earned a new subscriber.

Excellent video, i learned so much about culture and life in that period ❤️👍

Wonderful presentation thank you so much.

Thanks for this. We're going to see the Amsterdam exhibition tomorrow and this was a great primer!

Truly enjoyed your video !

I love his use of white

I assume that none of Vermeer's painting have been named by the painter himself.
Unfortunately, the painting often referred to as "The Milk Maid" is a misnomer.
Yes, she IS pouring milk.
But that does not make her a milk maid.
In The Netherlands at this time, a milk maid did not work in the home.
She tended the cows and the milking.
What we see here is a Kitchen Maid !

Oh yes I should have said he disheartens me because he is so good.

1:11:41 “The picture on the right…”
is Roman Charity: Cimon and Pero by Dirck van Baburen. (Vermeer’s mother-in-law is known to have owned a version of the painting.)

Im a painter but seeing him disheartens me. Today its all abstract and modern and in the end do you choose reality or abstract. I dont have a clue anymore.

too much speculative talk,the art speaks to us all.Poor narration!

Great information, I really never thought to in-depth about cultural traditions and biases that made their way into art, I guess I just accepted that was just the way they did their interpretation and impressions. I did to some extent realize the Biblical inference and allegory of the subject matter and supposed that was the desire of the consumer/customer of the art. I wonder if Vermeer was a Homebody and was most comfortable in that environment. Great artist if not one of the best ever.