L'Ambition de Vermeer. Numismatique and even its specific spatial

and even its specific spatial practices

the statuettes

au fond d’une poche ou dans une boîte

Small milestones placed like dotted lines on a page

First issue

L'Ambition de Vermeer. Numismatique and even its specific spatialTo a modern eye, what distinguishes Vermeer from his contemporaries, Metsu, Ter Borch or De Hooch, is the aura of mystery that emanates from his paintings. This all too common feeling has given rise to a vast literature, which is not always free of commonplaces. This poetic quality, singular and incontestable, is precisely the subject of this book. But it is not considered here as an ineffable dimension: as Daniel Arasse suggests, Vermeer, on the