Vermeer

Vermeer left behind only 36 known paintings — a small enough body of work that this volume reproduces every one, full color and large-format, close enough to see the single highlight on a pearl earring or the exact fall of light across a map on a wall.

Originally published in 1958 with an essay by Ludwig Goldscheider, co-founder of Phaidon Press, updated here with a new preface from Dutch painting specialist Wayne Franits. Fine papers, tipped-on plates, the kind of production that treats the book itself with the same patience Vermeer put into the paintings.