Thursday

Vermeer's paintings in their frames


The Milkmaid by Jan Vermeer 1632-1675
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Image courtesy of www.essentialvermeer.com
 
I have just found this good website showing 36 of Vermeer's paintings in their frames, well except for one which only shows the frame as the painting was stolen. It's a big website with lots of information. I like 'Woman holding a balance' the most, both frame and picture, on Vermeer's I prefer the veneered frames and ebonized ripple frames to the more ornate gilded styles.
Always nice to see painting with frame, instead of just a cropped image as is the unfortunate standard way of showing paintings in many books, magazines, and on  most websites.