Light is the sovereign remedy to which all the rules of art must submit.
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Johannes Vermeer
Born in 1632 in Delft, Vermeer secured an enduring place in art with barely three dozen paintings. Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid capture natural light so precisely that fleeting moments feel eternal.
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