As the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam stages probably the most comprehensive Johannes Vermeer exhibition ever mounted (10 February-4 June), we deliver together our prime coverage of the Dutch Old Master and the latest news from the once-in-a-lifetime present. The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all individuals to discover and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe , was thought of scandalous not because of the nude girl, however as a outcome of she is seated subsequent to men fully dressed within the clothes of the time, somewhat than in robes of…

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