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To commemorate Henry Hudson's voyage from the Netherlands to New York the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is lending Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid to the Met Museum.
His artwork - forgotten for 200 years until discussed by art critic Thoré-Bürger in 1866 - has earned him respect as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age.
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