I've just been watching a documentary about Vermeer's painting. I spent about three months painting a copy (an exercise in learning how to shove paint around) and I found the programme very interesting.
Any ABers like the work (the original; not mine)?
roadman; do you mean Vermeer's girl or my copy?
Looking at the original, I think I agree, but it never put me off the painting before. Maybe she had a wonky eye, and that's why the painting is so appealing?
i mean the original and as art is subjective there is a magnitude of reasons why people may find it appealing for me its not my cup of tea but i appreciate it still
roadman.
It's not your cup of tea, but you still appreciate it.
Is it the subject (a young girl) that you don't find your cup of tea, or is it the execution of the work?
good copy, but the outlining of the left side of her face (ie our left) doesn't match the rest of the background.
I wish I could get to the Rijksmuseum to see the exhibition but I'm not well enough. Never mind, I saw the slightly smaller one in The Hague years ago.
Are you saying the attached image is the one you painted? Even down to all the cracks in the paint that are all over the original? I cannot see a single difference.
Thanks, jno. The left (from the viewer's pov)side of her face is clumsy in the image, but that is partly due to the lighting of the photo and the physical texture of the laying-on of the paint. My 'original' looks better in real life.
I did a fairly good copy of the Milkmaid. The analysis of the geometry of the tabletop was fascinating (half an octagon), and the location of the perspective vanishing point turns out to be close to the bend on the inside of the maid's right elbow.
Prudie. They're close, but if you could see better reproductions, you'd easily spot the real thing. Don't forget, I was copying, not doing my own interpretation. I wanted to be able to look at Vermeer's painting in my own house without spending a few millions on its purchase.
Copying maybe relatively easy for you, but not for everyone.
I may be wrong, but I think a lot of people had a framed print of this in the 60's, at least that's what I associate it with.
Surprised that not many here seem to be interested or have a view on the original. The merit of the copy wasn't meant to be the point of the post. I love Vermeer's painting and I often kiss the girl when I come down the stairs in the middle of a summer's night for a glass of chilled rose: she often winks at me in a haughty but naughty way!
She was alive in 1665 and I'm just alive in 2023. The sadness of a 350 year gap between two humans! And all the other humans long ago and far in the future!