The Optical Illusion Dutch Artists Perfected

Seventeenth-century Dutch artists developed a fascinating technique that few people know, yet it completely transformed the way we look at paintings: the Doorkijkje.

Through doors, windows, and passageways, they guided the viewer as if inviting them to step from one room into another, revealing hidden stories and subtle details that are easy to miss at first glance. In this video, you’ll discover how this visual device worked, why it was so powerful, and how artists like Pieter de Hooch, Van Hoogstraten, and Vermeer turned it into an art form of its own.

I promise, after watching this video, you will never look at a Dutch painting the same way again.

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0:00 Introduction
0:59 The Slippers by Samuel van Hoogstraten
2:21 What Is the Doorkijkje?
3:09 Vermeer and the Love Letters
3:57 Nicolaes Maes
5:47 Pieter de Hooch

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