Johannes Vermeer

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"The Lacemaker", a 1669-1670 oil painting on canvas by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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"The Lacemaker", a 1669-1670 oil painting on canvas by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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"The Milkmaid" by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the presentation of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tueday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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"Allegory of the Catholic Faith", a 1670-1672 oil painting by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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"Allegory of the Catholic Faith", a 1670-1672 oil painting by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Detail of "The Milkmaid", a 1658-1659 oil painting on canvas by Johannes Vermeer presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Tim Jenison wearing his surgical loupes as he inspects Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman with a Lute” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a scene from the documentary "Tim's Vermeer." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Shane F. Kelly)