Johannes Vermeer quiz
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Roughly how tall is Girl with a Pearl Earring?
Answer: About 45 cm
Why: Even his largest surviving painting, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, is only about 160 cm tall.
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Where was Vermeer's The Art of Painting found in 1945?
Answer: A salt mine
Why: Adolf Hitler had bought it in 1940, and the Altaussee mine in Austria kept it hidden.
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What did scans find behind the girl in Girl with a Pearl Earring?
Answer: A curtain
Why: The curtain was green, but that translucent paint changed chemically over the centuries until it faded into darkness.
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Which Nazi leader bought a fake Vermeer during the war?
Answer: Hermann Göring
Why: Göring paid for the fake, Christ with the Adulteress, by trading away 137 looted paintings.
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How old was Vermeer when he died?
Answer: 43
Why: He was buried in the Oude Kerk, the Old Church, on 15 December 1675.
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Who was appointed trustee of Vermeer's bankrupt estate?
Answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Why: Van Leeuwenhoek was born in October 1632, the same month that Vermeer was baptized.
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