The 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer holds an inimitable place among painters.

17世纪荷兰画家约翰尼斯·弗米尔在画家中占有一个无与伦比的地位。

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When the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was alive, nobody wanted to buy his pictures.

当那位有名的荷兰画家凡高还活着的时候，没有人要买他的画。

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According to official versions, the disturbed Dutch painter cut off his ear with a razor after a row with Gauguin in 1888.

根据以往的官方版本，1888年，荷兰画家梵高和高更发生了激烈争执，随后精神错乱的他拿一把剃刀割下了左耳。

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Ms. Kienle argues, with Van Gogh's many letters as evidence, that the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt managed to survive, in part, by employing a kind of self-hypnosis, sessions of superhuman focus that helped Van Gogh put down the fires in his head.

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Experts argued that the large format, the location of the signature, and the huge number of flowers in the composition all suggested the painting was the creation of an unidentified artist, rather than the famed Dutch painter, and the work was officially "dismissed" from his catalogue in 2003.

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