CLOSE TO VERMEER

DICHT BIJ VERMEER

By Suzanne RAES

FILM HARBOUR - as SALES

Art - Culture - Completed 2023

Close to Vermeer follows Gregor Weber, curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, working on his last big dream before his retirement: setting up the largest Vermeer exhibition ever.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival International du Film sur l'Art Montréal 2023
DOK.fest Munich 2023
New Zealand IFF 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Female director, Documentary
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • DUTCH, ENGLISH, GERMAN
    • Director(s)
    • Suzanne RAES
    • Producer(s)
    • Ilja ROOMANS (Docmakers)
    • Synopsis
    • His small oeuvre is pretty much all Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic images and international favorites like The Girl with a Pearl Earring has left behind.
      CLOSE TO VERMEER follows Gregor Weber, curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, working on his last big dream before his retirement: setting up the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Weber joins a number of Vermeer experts using the latest techniques in search of what makes a Vermeer truly Vermeer. New discoveries and passionate opinions are still capable of rousing the emotions.