It does­n’t take par­tic­u­lar­ly long to be impressed by the paint­ings of Johannes Ver­meer even today, three and a half cen­turies after he paint­ed him. But an under­stand­ing of how he achieved the par­tic­u­lar visu­al effects that still inspire appre­ci­a­tion around the world comes only after spend­ing a bit more time with his work, ide­al­ly … Con­tin­ue read­ing A Guid­ed Tour Through All of Vermeer’s Famous Paint­ings, Nar­rat­ed by Stephen Fry