underpaint, he really put on kind of fast and rough brushstrokes. fine light and shadow. for example, in the tablecloth, you have areas where there s black underpaint. like here and here. the darkest shadows. and then on top where the light hits the table, he used a white underpaint. and behind her on the wall? here was a fire basket. a large element to dry your clothes. and then here was a rack. reporter: we ve known vermeer was a genius with paints and brush. only now are we beginning to understand how precisely he did it. nick glass, cnn, the reichsmuseum in amsterdam. i ve seen that story several now and i cannot get enough,
Example
Kind
Areas
Tablecloth
Shadow
Underpaint
Black-underpaint
Rough-brushstrokes
Top
Table
Fire-basket
Shadows