Around 650,000 people saw the largest Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam

A woman takes images of 'Girl Reading A Letter At An Open Window', on loan from the Gemaelde Galerie Dresden, during a preview of the Vermeer exhibit at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Feb 6. The blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer closed its doors on June 4, with the art and history national museum of the Netherlands hailing the show as its most successful ever. Photo: AP

Around 650,000 people have seen the largest exhibition to date of works by the painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) in Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum said on Sunday after the exhibition ended after 115 days.

This made it the best-attended exhibition in the museum's history.