![]() They were both installed on the same day. The Städel hadn’t received its export license for the painting from the German government until the previous Friday, and the Gemäldegalerie’s then director Henning Bock hand-delivered the painting. ![]() 1662–64) from the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. ![]() But just a few days before two more works arrived: The Geographer (1669) from the Städel Museum in Frankfurt and Woman with a Pearl Necklace (ca. The week prior it seemed like the show would have only 19 Vermeers, still a feat. The exhibition opened to the public on Sunday, November 12, 1995. ![]() Recalling the stress of how many Vermeers would actually be assembled when the show opened, Wheelock said, “When you contact somebody, and they don’t answer how long do you wait before you inquire again? How do you find the route in to make an opportunity to borrow a painting?” In addition to the scholarly research and painting conservation that went into mounting a show of this scale, securing loans was one of his biggest concerns in the run-up to the exhibition. Wheelock began working on his Vermeer exhibition about nine years before it opened. ![]() (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Heritage Images/Getty Images Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin. Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace, ca 1662. ![]()
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