2023年02月10日 VOA慢速英语：博物馆将举办最大规模的维米尔画作展览

 

The national museum of the Netherlands is holding the largest show ever of paintings by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer.
荷兰国家博物馆正在举办有史以来规模最大的荷兰艺术家约翰内斯·维米尔 (Johannes Vermeer) 画展。
 
The Rijksmuseum is in the capital, Amsterdam. It has placed 28 paintings on exhibit. It says they represent about half of the 17th century artist's body of work.
国立博物馆位于首都阿姆斯特丹。它展出了28幅画作。它说它们代表了 17 世纪艺术家作品的一半左右。
 
Vermeer is known for his expertise at representing light in his paintings. His subject was often common household objects. The artist worked slowly on his paintings and died at the age of 43. He likely never saw so many of his own works together at one time.
维米尔以其在绘画中表现光线的专业知识而闻名。他的主题通常是普通的家居用品。这位艺术家在他的画作上慢慢地工作，并在 43 岁时去世。他可能从未同时看到过这么多他自己的作品。
 
Rijksmuseum director Taco Dibbits said Vermeer had a large family and busy life as an art dealer. Still, he said, the painter was able to create works of quiet beauty.
国立博物馆馆长塔科·迪比茨 (Taco Dibbits) 说，维米尔 (Vermeer) 有一个大家庭，作为艺术品经销商，生活很忙碌。不过，他说，这位画家能够创作出静谧之美的作品。
 
"It's this ... complete focus and tranquility in his paintings that we still love today," Dibbits said.
“正是这种......我们今天仍然喜欢他的画作中的完全专注和宁静，”Dibbits 说。
 
The show includes some of Vermeer's most famous works, including Girl With A Pearl Earring (1664) and The Milkmaid (1659). Visitors can also see his two known outdoor paintings and several others of women playing instruments, reading and working.
该展览包括维米尔最著名的一些作品，包括《戴珍珠耳环的女孩》(1664 年) 和《挤奶女工》(1659 年)。参观者还可以看到他的两幅著名的户外画作和其他几幅描绘女性演奏乐器、阅读和工作的画作。
 
"We're really coming closer to Vermeer than we've ever been," said Pieter Roelofs, the Rijksmuseum's Head of Paintings and Sculpture.
“我们真的比以往任何时候都更接近维米尔，”国立博物馆的绘画和雕塑馆长彼得·鲁洛夫斯 (Pieter Roelofs) 说。
 
What is "striking" about Vermeer, Roelofs said, "is that in his paintings, it's mostly women who are the protagonists," meaning the main subjects. The expert noted that Vermeer had seven daughters.
鲁洛夫斯说，维米尔“引人注目”的地方是，“在他的画作中，主角大多是女性”，意思是主要主题。专家指出，维米尔 (Vermeer) 有七个女儿。
 
Roelofs said Vermeer's works are more than something a good eye and skilled hand can create. Recent examinations show the Milkmaid was repainted several times.
Roelofs 说，维米尔 (Vermeer) 的作品不仅仅是一双好眼力和一双巧手所能创造的。最近的检查表明挤奶女工被重新粉刷了几次。
 
Writer Tracy Chevalier attended an event for the show before it opened. She wrote the popular book Girl with a Pearl Earring, a historical fiction based on the painting. It later became a movie.
作家特雷西·切瓦利埃 (Tracy Chevalier) 在演出开始前参加了一场活动。她根据这幅画创作了一部颇受欢迎的历史小说《戴珍珠耳环的少女》 。后来拍成了电影。
 
Chevalier said the show presents Vermeer as a quiet and private man.
Chevalier 说，该剧将维米尔描绘成一个安静而内向的人。
 
"His paintings are so quiet and there are no children ... he must have compartmentalized his life and said 'no, no kids in the studio'."
“他的画很安静，没有孩子……他一定是把自己的生活划分开来，说‘不，工作室里没有孩子’。”
 
Museums in Germany, France, Japan, Britain, Ireland and the United States helped with the public showing, which opens on Friday and runs until June.
德国、法国、日本、英国、爱尔兰和美国的博物馆帮助进行了公开展览，展览于周五开幕，一直持续到六月。