“The Lacemaker”, a 1669-1670 oil painting on canvas by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting”, at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, February 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)
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