Ivan's Blog

I had the pleasure, yesterday evening, to see the movie “Girl With a Pearl Earring” (courtesy of the Belgian TV…). The movie itself is, well, a fiction; I think I actually preferred the original novel by T. Chevalier. What captivated was not really the story but the beautiful work done by the cameraman. Some of the shots were really like the paintings of J.&Vermeer in terms of light, colour, etc.

And the movie reminded me again how absolutely beautiful the original painting of Vermeer is. I remember being so captivated by it at my last visit in the Hague at the Mauritiushuis that I sat down on a couch facing the painting and I just stayed there for a very very long time, completely absorbed by the view. It certainly is, at least for me, one of the highlights of classical Flamish/Dutch painting, and of European painting in general. It was good to see such a movie and remind me again…