The Frick Collections trio of paintings by famed 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer has returned from Amsterdam to New York. Through the remainder of the institutions temporary residency at Frick Madison (March 3, 2024) visitors can once again encounter in one room the Fricks Officer and Laughing Girl, Girl Interrupted at Her Music, and Mistress and Maid. Recently reinstalled after their presentation in the Rijksmuseums landmark Vermeer exhibition, these three canvases by the Sphinx of Delft have revealed a few more hints about their layered histories. The recent Amsterdam show offered an exceptional opportunity to contextualize the Frick works within the artists career. Twenty-eight paintings by or attributed to Vermeer were on view, the most that one exhibition has ever shown from his surviving oeuvre of around only 35 canvases. The Fricks loans, possible during the renovation and enhancement of the institutions historic East 70th Street buildings, were key to securing the Rijksmuseum exhibitions historic scope. We are thrilled to have participated in this thought-provoking and visually stunning presentation of the great artists works. The show, one of the most talked about art world events of the year, if not the decade, offered audiences from around the world, both in person and online, new ways to consider Vermeers oeuvre, taking advantage of thematic groupings and recent technical analysis. Having never loaned our three works simultaneously before, we found the experience deeply enriching. As we celebrate the return of the works to Frick Madison, we look forward to engaging in stimulating dialogues about them with New York audiences, commented Ian Wardropper, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director. To learn more, visit www.frick.org.