Organised together with the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, theis exhibition l’exposition-événement Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting at the Louvre shows us a selection of elegant, refined scenes of everyday life that aren’t as ordinary as they might seem…

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To discover Vermeer, the exhibition Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting brings his work into contact with other paintings from the era, showing that he was definitely part of a network of painters who had a real niche, like a ‘new wave’ of genre painting.

It’s thanks to them that scenes from private lives became fashionable, showing men and women in orchestrated civility – a real change of style.

Your knowledge of the subject can also be added to after your visit – the Louvre has five conferecnes on offer, there’s a new documentary being released on DVD (La Revanche de Vermeer, 20€ here at amazon.fr) and if that’s not enough, the 448-page catalogue with its 300 illustrations should help! (39€ here at amazon.fr)

The exhibition Vermeer et les maîtres de la peinture de genre (Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting) is at the Louvre (here) from 22nd February – 22nd May 2017

Open every day except Tuesdays from 9am-6pm (10pm Wednesdays and Fridays)

Admission: 15€ / free for under 18s and for under 26 year-olds from the EU

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