At the press conference for Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, remarks were made by Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art, Washington; His Excellency Henne Schuwer, ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Mary Streett, senior vice president, US Communications & External Affairs, BP America; and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., curator of northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington.