Comments on: New National Gallery website re-make http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/2009/06/28/new-national-gallery-website-re-make/ Words from the Essential Vermeer.com Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Janson http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/2009/06/28/new-national-gallery-website-re-make/comment-page-1/#comment-6259 Jonathan Janson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:17:43 +0000 http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/?p=1667#comment-6259 Yes, Vermeer was born Protestant and he converted to Catholicism upon his marriage, albeit supported by strong, but nonetheless circumstantial evidence. Is that a slip on the part of the National Gallery? I imagine so. But still, to Vermeer scholarship it is quite important if he was born or converted to Catholicism so you are not really guilty of splitting hairs. If you are interested on the subject of Vermeer’s religious affiliations, I did a little something on it here… http://www.essentialvermeer.com/delft/delft_today/catholic_church.html Yes, Vermeer was born Protestant and he converted to Catholicism upon his marriage, albeit supported by strong, but nonetheless circumstantial evidence. Is that a slip on the part of the National Gallery? I imagine so.

But still, to Vermeer scholarship it is quite important if he was born or converted to Catholicism so you are not really guilty of splitting hairs.

If you are interested on the subject of Vermeer’s religious affiliations, I did a little something on it here…

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/delft/delft_today/catholic_church.html

]]> By: R. Houston Sneed http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/2009/06/28/new-national-gallery-website-re-make/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 R. Houston Sneed Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:58:47 +0000 http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/?p=1667#comment-6248 Thanks for posting a reminder of the National Gallery site re-design. It is a nice re-design overall but I have to agree with you they do fall a little short in the area of textual content. If they don't want to include further information themselves perhaps they could include links to other resources. I do have one quick question about some information on the Johannes Vermeer bio page: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/johannes-vermeer In the third paragraph it states "Vermeer was a Catholic and married in 1653." Tell me if I'm incorrect but wasn't Vermeer Protestant before he got married? It makes it sound like he was Catholic all his life. Or am I just splitting hairs here? I tend to do that some times. Thanks for posting a reminder of the National Gallery site re-design. It is a nice re-design overall but I have to agree with you they do fall a little short in the area of textual content. If they don’t want to include further information themselves perhaps they could include links to other resources. I do have one quick question about some information on the Johannes Vermeer bio page: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/johannes-vermeer
In the third paragraph it states “Vermeer was a Catholic and married in 1653.” Tell me if I’m incorrect but wasn’t Vermeer Protestant before he got married? It makes it sound like he was Catholic all his life. Or am I just splitting hairs here? I tend to do that some times.

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