Scan found the bottom map of "Virgin who poured milk", Vermei even changed so many screen content

Johannes Vermeer's famous painting "The Milkmaid" base map is a fire basket and a rack with a kettle, and Vimir painted on this work 350 years ago. After the cooperation of the Amsterdam National Museum and the Haythara Museum of Art, the bottom map became clear.

Advanced research methods and scans reveal this bottom diagram. This picture brings new opinions to people's understanding of the working method of Vermel. According to the National Museum, people generally believe that Verme's painting is slow and cautious, and it seems that this is not the case.

Strive first, then detail

There is a thick black paint under the left arm of the milk. It can be concluded that Vermel first set up light and dark tones, and then processed the details further.

The scan showed that a shelf was painted on the wall behind the maid and a few kettles were placed on it. This part was not further portrayed and disappeared from the final art. There are also such shelves in Vermel's home.

A basket can be seen in the lower right corner of the painting, a basket made of wicker, which often appears in the 17th century family. There are some lit coal in the basket to keep the new baby warm and dry diaper. There is also such a basket in Verme's own. Later, he hid the bottom diagram by drawing a stove, Daerf Tile and the floor.

The original picture of "Virgin of Milk"

"Virgin of Milk" bottom map "Virgin of Milk" bottom map

Taco Dibbits, the curator of the National Museum, said it was a special discovery. "We have studied so much about the maid who poured milk, and we did not expect to find such a clear thing. Thanks to the modern technology, we did it." The same technology has been used to study and repair Rembrandt’s’s’s’s’s. "night guard" .

The study of the Vimill Collection was conducted before holding a large -scale exhibition at the National Museum next year. At that time, visitors can appreciate at least 27 of the 35 artworks created by Vermel's life.

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