This I think, is the ultimate Varmeer resource on the net. (via Bookslut)

The Met, by the way, has four Varmeers. One evening last summer, half an hour before it was to close, I had run up the stairs to the museum. I asked the first Met employee that I saw where can I find the Varmeers, before I realized that she is with the building security . She told me that they have four, in room 12 and 14, and gave me precise directions. I was very impressed. (They were not in 14, but close)

British museum has put together an interesting website on ancient India . (Via Anil Dash)