Preface

HENRY A. MILLON

Valuing Vermeer

IVAN GASKELL

I. CONSTRUCTING VERMEER

Vermeer: Malice and Misconception

BEN BROOS

Vermeer and Thore-Burger: Recoveries of Reputation

FRANCES SUZMAN JOWELL

"To finde the Mindes construction in the Face"

J.M. NASH

Not to Be Confused with the Sphinx of Delft: The Utrecht Painter Johannes van der Meer (Schipluiden 1630-1695/1697 Vreeswijk?)

MARTEN JAN BOK

Utrecht and Delft: Vermeer and Caravaggism

LEONARD J. SLATKES

Recent Archival Research on Vermeer

JOHN MICHAEL MONTIAS

II. THE CONSTRUCTION OF VERMEER'S PAINTINGS

The Camera Obscura and Painting in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

JEAN-LUC DELSAUTE

Perspective, Anamorphosis, and Illusion: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Peep Shows

DAVID BOMFORD

Where Did Vermeer Buy His Painting Materials? Theory and Practice

KOOS LEVY-VAN HALM

A Study of the Materials and Techniques of Johannes Vermeer

NICOLA COSTARAS

Scientific Examination of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

KARIN M. GROEN

INEZ D. VAN DER WERF

KLAAS JAN VAN DEN BERG

JAAP J. BOON

Painting Light: Recent Observations on Vermeer's Technique

E. MELANIE GIFFORD

Contours of Vermeer

JORGEN WADUM

III. THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERPRETATION

Vermeer and the Limits of Interpretation

IVAN GASKELL

Antiek and Modern in Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid

LISA VERGARA

The Phenomenon of Time in the Art of Vermeer

IRENE NETTA

Vermeer, Fame, and Female Beauty: The Art of Painting

ERIC JAN SLUIJTER

Jan Vermeer's Art of Painting

HESSEL MIEDEMA

Vermeer's Use of the Picture-within-a-Picture: A New Approach

GREGOR J.M. WEBER

From Sexuality to Civility: Vermeer's Women

NANETTE SALOMON

The Interpretation of Dress in Vermeer's Paintings

MARIEKE DE WINKEL

Vermeer's Private Allegories

DANIEL ARASSE

On Balance

EDDY DE JONGH

Contributors