Although he takes a second place after Rembrandt in the history of Dutch art, there are far fewer pages on Vermeer than those on Rembrandt and Hals in western art surveys published in China.

• 他在荷兰艺术史上的地位仅次于伦勃朗，但国内编著的西方艺术史，介绍维米尔的篇幅却远远少于另外两位艺术家。