Drawn from Phaidon’s newly updated monograph Vermeer in conjunction with the Artspace archives, these five pairs of Dutch paintings and contemporary works (now available on Artspace) continue to exhibit the past's grip on art today.
THE MAID
WOMAN WRITING A LETTER, WITH HER MAID
Johannes Vermeer
c.1670–71
EN EL CUARTO DE LA NIÑA
Rachelle Mozman
2010
THE MODEL
THE ART OF PAINTING
Johannes Vermeer
c.1667–68
PAINTER AND MODEL
Fernando Botero
2004
THE EARRING
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Johannes Vermeer
c.1665–67
THE NECKLACE
WOMAN WITH A PEARL NECKLACE
Johannes Vermeer
c.1662–65
HANNAH
Amy Cutler
2011
AT HOME
YOUNG WOMAN READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW
Johannes Vermeer
c.1657–58
NEW YORK CITY. AMERICAN ACTRESS MARILYN MONROE AT HOME. 1958.
Bob Henriques
1958