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Everett Hale. and a resident Of Boston.
Solid. because Of its discriminating
and exhaustive inquiry regarding the
technical aspects Of the great Dutch
painters art: satisfactory. because OF
its literary excellence and sympathetic
interpretations. 1t IL a book to he
placed on the same shelf with Sir
Joshua Reynolds's "DiscOurses.' Fro
n,entin's HOLLAND Painters" and the
"Nelasquez' Of II. A. NJ. Stevenson.
The las monograph Of Importance on
Nermeer was by Gustave Vanzype or
Brussels tt9OS). Previous to his
study. chiefly concerned with the hu-
man and aesthetic sides Of the subject,
there were the Investigations Of Bur-
ger. Thore, Hazard. Obreen, Bredius.
Stuers. Martin and Hofstcde de Groot.
But the Hale In the defnitive study.
Something radically new about the
painter and new pictures by him VIII
have to be discovered before II can De
changed: eve then 1t will remain
memorable for it's erudition and u.s.
thetic d~elcctation.
We need not he troubled by the n
thor's overwhelming assumption that
Jan Vcrmccr Is "thc greatest painter
who has ever lived" From tho stand
point Of Mr.. Hale he proves his case
! up to the hilt. He says: zone may
! readily conceive that Titan and GiOr-
glone were more seductive artistic
personalities; that Da Vinci was more
subtle. Raphael "A greater draughts-
man. But when ii comes To sheer
downright painting it wouh seem mat
Nermeer was in most respects the
leader of all. Indeed. II might almost
be said that from our uItra-modern
point OF view, TIL Nermeer painted no
one had tried to paint at all OF course
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