2019-05-01 The Artists Magazine

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“The Sistine Chapel ceiling

—a feat of engineering and

painting all in one arena.”

MICHAEL SKALKA

CHAIRMAN, ASTM D01.

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“I wish I could’ve been a fl y on

the wall in Vermeer’s studio while

he painted The Art of Painting.”

COSTA VAVAGIAKIS

ARTIST

The Art of Painting

by Jan Vermeer

(Dutch, 1632–1675)

ca 1666-67; oil on canvas, 47¼ x39⅜

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

JAN VERMEER’S

THE ART OF PAINTING

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