Symphony in blue and white.

Unmistakably, Vermeer's work transposes us into this dream catalepsy, the secret of which is his; we cannot help wondering from where the white is coming and where it is going.

YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER PITCHER - c. 1664-1665
45.7 x 40.6 cm - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand