Dutch Courier August 2012 | Page 17

Dutch Courier gingen de geldbronnen van het land naar een wederopbouw en naar een leger om de bezetting door Lodewijk XIV ook uit het zuiden te verwijderen. Geen goede tijd voor de kunst! Vermeer’s gezondheid was zo erg verslechterd dat hij in december 1675 in elkaar stortte. Het was hem allemaal te veel geworden. Hij stierf anderhalve dag later en werd begraven in de Oude Kerk op 15 december 1675. Zijn weduwe Catharina bleef achter met elf kinderen, waarvan er tien nog minderjarig waren. Vier kinderen waren jong overleden tijdens Vermeers leven. Catharina probeerde een legertje schuldeisers af te betalen met o.m. de schilderijen die in het huis achtergebleven waren. Vermeer was dood en werd vergeten voor bijna twee eeuwen, behalve door die fijnproevers van kunst die zelf één of meer schilderijen van hem bezaten. Zijn werk, veelal na overlijden van een eigenaar, ging toen van hand tot hand voor wat ons nu voorkomt als belachelijk weinig geld. zijn de beide andere nu wereldberoemde meesterwerken van bijna intieme stedelijke beelden op een menselijke schaal: Het Straatje en ‘t Gezicht op Delft. 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