LIVE FROM THE RIJKSMUSEUM | VERMEER'S GIRL READING A LETTER | PAINTING OF THE WEEK PODCAST | S3 E10

In this very special episode Phil speaks to 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' author Tracy Chevalier from the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime Vermeer exhibition. Phil and Tracy stand before a masterpiece and discuss it's surprising history...
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[@JimHoward]

I'm sorry, I know art experts have determined the cupid picture was in the original and latter painted out by someone else. Whoever painted cupid out did the right thing. Without cupid we the viewers have to figure out what she's reading. With cupid in there Vermeer might as well have painted a big red arrow pointing at the letter with the words "LOVE LETTER" in 90 point type.

[@carlberg7503]

Cupid clutters the painting. The composition is better without it.