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Wszystko o mapie jest u esencjalnego Vermeera:

Although it is generally held that Vermeer did not use maps (and globes) as mere decorative elements but as a way of telling his story, no satisfactory interpretation has been given to the map of Holland in this painting. Its geographical contents may not be immediately recognizable because placing the north at the top of the map was not yet an established convention. In Vermeer's day, wall maps, which are represented in many paintings of the time, were produced in great numbers. They were a cheap way of embellishing bare walls and obviously appealed to the Dutch mercantile mentality which had permitted them to dominate great part of world trade. Map publishers had begun to reissue older, and in some cases, outdated ones. 17th-c. catalogues even stated that they were "suitable for framing" and could be customized by decorative additions. Some were then hand painted. An extremely limited number of maps have survived in respects to the amount described in inventories, catalogues and other sources. It is through Dutch painting that much of their beauty is known.

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This map of Holland and West Friesland was designed by Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode in 1620. The printing rights and copper plates were later acquired by Willem Jansz. Bleau who headed a florid publishing house specialized in maps. Although this map contains no date, it must have been printed between 1621, when Bleau received plates and privilege to publish the map, and 1629, when the privilege expired. Only one example exists (West Fries Museum in Hoorn) and confirms the precision of Vermeer's rendering. Detailed elements such as ships and the names of the sea can clearly be made out. Even the inscription, NOVA ET ACCVRATA TOTIVS HOLLANDIAE WESTFRISAEQ. TOPOGRAPHIA, can be read. Curiously, Vermeer covered the land areas with light blue paint contrary to the usual practice. In another painting, "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter," the same map appears although it is rendered in darker ocher tones and appears much larger although this may be an optical illusion. However, it must have been the same map since even the small folds correspond exactly in the two versions. Since the same map appears for the third time in the late "Love Letter," it was probably owned by the artist himself even though it did not show up in his death inventory.

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