Vermeer and the Dutch Masters who influenced him
A unique exhibition at Washington's National Gallery of Art features works by the 17th century painter and his contemporaries
Arts
From 1996: Vermeer
"Sunday Morning" visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to view a rare showing of paintings by Johannes Vermeer - approximately two-thirds of the 17th century artist's surviving works. Curator Arthur Wheelock explained his long fascination with Vermeer and the Dutch Master's stylistic innovations. Host Charles Osgood reports. (Originally broadcast on January 10, 1996.)
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