L'Ambition de Vermeer. Numismatique curator of the public library

curator of the public library of Lisieux

First issue

and even its specific spatial practices

the statuettes

Small milestones placed like dotted lines on a page

L'Ambition de Vermeer. Numismatique curator of the public libraryTo a modern eye, what distinguishes Vermeer from his contemporaries, Metsu, Ter Borch or De Hooch, is the aura of mystery that emanates from his paintings. This all too common feeling has given rise to a vast literature, which is not always free of commonplaces. This poetic quality, singular and incontestable, is precisely the subject of this book. But it is not considered here as an ineffable dimension: as Daniel Arasse suggests, Vermeer, on the