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A skûtsje is a well-know Frisian variety of the tjalk. It was specifically made for the Frisian lakes: with better rounding, a greater length and smaller width.

It's no the purist’s pick, nor the actual Moonwatch.

But it's versatile, tells the time, and was my first watch.

Vermeer is a master at depicting every day life (at his time) in the most perfect, mealymouthed settings.

You can almost enter the painting yourself, that's how much it sucks you into it.

Like many other painters in his time, he panted allegories. Like this one: it's a painter in his workshop.

I also like the mystery around The Street / Het Straatje.

They think they discovered the location, but besides that, it's unknown why he made this painting.

But it's peak Dutch, which is why it's so great.

What I like too, as most Vermeer fans do, is his sky's. They're so realistic and dramatic.

My favourite painting is 'A Girl Asleep' / Slapend Meisje.

The rich details of the Persian carpet, and the fact that it was a completely different painting first... with a man and a dog.

There's so much emotion and depth in this painting.

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