Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence

The Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, United Kingdom) holds an exhibition on the 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, which will explore the mysterious appeal of the women in his paintings. Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence features 28 works by master painters of the Dutch Golden Age and four iconic works by Vermeer, including The Lacemaker from the Musée du Louvre in Paris, on show in the UK for the first time.

Women are one of the key subjects in Vermeer's works: whether gazing out wistfully at the viewer, or focusing on an activity with an almost eerie calm, they possess a powerful allure. This exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum is the first to focus on Vermeer's domestic interiors and, by examining them in the context of paintings by other Dutch Golden Age masters, explores the enigma of these women who seem crystallised in a moment in time.


Date: until January 15.
Location: The Fitzwilliam Museum. Trumpington Street. Cambridge CB2 1RB. United Kingdom.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm. Sundays from 12am to 5pm.