Reviews round-up
Vermeer
by Andrew Graham-Dixon
3 of 5 critics positive
7 reviews: 3 positives, 2 mixed; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“exemplary biography from art hist”
Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Positive
Read the review ↗“a sharp and authoritative guide”
Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide
Positive
Read the review ↗“a fascinating new biography”
Unravelling the mystery of the ‘Sphinx of Delft’ — Vermeer decoded
Mixed
Read the review ↗“but his speculations about the art are a stretch”
Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found — portrait of an artist who fled the scene
Mixed
Read the review ↗“but not its tendency to overinterpret the old master’s work”
The unknowable Vermeer
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