
03/11/2015
The Procuress, c.1656, is one of Vermeer's largest paintings. Here, among the characters and the colours, Vermeer has begun to fixate on capturing a moment in time. "Vermeer tried to ensure that the viewer will ultimately fix their gaze on a single point—the palm of the young woman’s hand, in the very centre of the balustrade that bisects the picture, just as it is about to dissolve into the painting—and a single moment—the suitor’s coin about to drop". (from Vermeer, Realm of Light, by Shin-Ichi Fukuoka, available at http://goo.gl/EbWHLI). (c) Vermeer Center Ginza