I Was Vermeer

Narrator Steve Martin explains Vermeer's fall into obscurity and rebound into worldwide sensation, all while examining themes in his paintings, comparisons to Renaissance masters, and relevant history of Europe's politics and art market.

Narrator Steve Martin explains Vermeer's fall into obscurity and rebound into worldwide sensation, all while examining themes in his paintings, comparisons to Renaissance masters, and relevant history of Europe's politics and art market.

Johan Söderqvist is a film, television, and video game composer originally from Täby, near Stockholm, Sweden. He played keyboards in a variety of touring bands, including jazz and folk groups, before concentrating on composition. After attending the Royal College of Music, Stockholm for composition and arranging, his first film score was Agnes Cecilia: En Sällsam Historia, released in 1991. After a few more films, he wrote music for the TV mini-series Morsarvet, which aired in 1993. That year, he also released the jazz album Life (To Be) before collaborating with James Schaffer and Jojje Wadenius on music for the 1995 children’s album Till Alla Barn.

The pioneering team of art experts re-creates The Concert by Johannes Vermeer, which was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990 in the biggest art heist of modern times.

Factum Arte recreates Tamara de Lempicka's Myrto, a priceless painting that was stolen during the Nazi occupation of France during the Second World War and has never been recovered.