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 In December 1675; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Vermeer ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; fell into; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a frenzy and ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; suddenly died, within ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; a day ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; and a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  half.; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Catharina Bolnes; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  attributed her husband's death  to the stress of financial pressures. The ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; collapse of; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the art; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  market damaged Vermeer's  business; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  as both a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  painter and an; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  art dealer. She, having to raise  11 ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; children, asked; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the High ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; Court; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  to allow her; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a break in ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; paying ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; the creditors.[Montias 2] The  Dutch; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  microscopist; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who  worked for the city council as a surveyor, was appointed trustee. The house,  with eight rooms on the first floor, was filled with paintings, drawings, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  clothes, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  chairs and beds. In his atelier  there were http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  rummage not worthy being  itemized, two chairs, two painter's easels, three palettes, ten canvases, a  desk, an http://www.crimeajewel.com ; oak pull table and a small wooden  cupboard with drawers.[Montias 3] Nineteen of Vermeer's paintings were  bequeathed to Catharina and her mother, and the widow ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; sold two other; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  paintings to the Hendrick van  Buyten in order to pay off; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  quite a debt.
 In 1672 a ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; severe economic ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; downturn (the "Year of Disaster")  struck ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; the ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; Netherlands,; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  after Louis XIV and a French  army invaded the Dutch Republic from the south (known as the Franco-Dutch War).  During the Third Anglo-Dutch War ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; an English ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; fleet and two allied German  bishops attacked the country from the east causing ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; more ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; destruction. Many ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; people panicked; courts,  theaters, shops and; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  schools were ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; closed. Five years passed http://www.crimeajewel.com ; before circumstances ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; improved. In the Summer of 1675  Vermeer; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  borrowed; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  money in ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; Amsterdam,; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  using his; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  mother-in-law as ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; a surety.
 In December 1675; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Vermeer ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; fell into; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a frenzy and ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; suddenly died, within ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; a day ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; and a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  half.; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Catharina Bolnes; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  attributed her husband's death  to the stress of financial pressures. The ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; collapse of; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the art; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  market damaged Vermeer's  business; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  as both a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  painter and an; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  art dealer. She, having to raise  11 ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; children, asked; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the High ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; Court; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  to allow her; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a break in ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; paying ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; the creditors.[Montias 2] The  Dutch; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  microscopist; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who  worked for the city council as a surveyor, was appointed trustee. The house,  with eight rooms on the first floor, was filled with paintings, drawings, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  clothes, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  chairs and beds. In his atelier  there were http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  rummage not worthy being  itemized, two chairs, two painter's easels, three palettes, ten canvases, a  desk, an http://www.crimeajewel.com ; oak pull table and a small wooden  cupboard with drawers.[Montias 3] Nineteen of Vermeer's paintings were  bequeathed to Catharina and her mother, and the widow ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; sold two other; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  paintings to the Hendrick van  Buyten in order to pay off; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  quite a debt.
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 In December 1675; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Vermeer ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; fell into; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a frenzy and ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; suddenly died, within ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; a day ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; and a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  half.; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Catharina Bolnes; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  attributed her husband's death  to the stress of financial pressures. The ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; collapse of; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the art; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  market damaged Vermeer's  business; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  as both a; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  painter and an; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  art dealer. She, having to raise  11 ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; children, asked; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  the High ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; Court; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  to allow her; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  a break in ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; paying ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; the creditors.[Montias 2] The  Dutch; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  microscopist; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who  worked for the city council as a surveyor, was appointed trustee. The house,  with eight rooms on the first floor, was filled with paintings, drawings, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  clothes, http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  chairs and beds. In his atelier  there were http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  rummage not worthy being  itemized, two chairs, two painter's easels, three palettes, ten canvases, a  desk, an http://www.crimeajewel.com ; oak pull table and a small wooden  cupboard with drawers.[Montias 3] Nineteen of Vermeer's paintings were  bequeathed to Catharina and her mother, and the widow ; http://www.crimeajewel.com ; sold two other; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  paintings to the Hendrick van  Buyten in order to pay off; http://www.crimeajewel.com ;  quite a debt.
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