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The Geographer used the same model and other elements as The Astronomer. Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th-century Dutch painting [1] and Vermeer's oeuvre includes both this astronomer and the slightly later The Geographer. Both are believed to portray the same man, [2] [3] [4] possibly Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. [5]
The Astronomer, which seems to form a pendant with this painting, shows a similar, sophisticated knowledge of cartographic instruments and books, and the same young man modeled for both. That man himself may have been the source of Vermeer's correct display of surveying and geographical instruments, and possibly of his knowledge of perspective. [3]
Detail of the painting The Procuress (c. 1656), proposed self portrait by Vermeer [1] The following is a list of paintings by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), a Dutch Golden Age painter . After two or three early history paintings , he concentrated almost entirely on genre works , typically interiors with one or two figures.
In Dutch, Vermeer is pronounced [vərˈmeːr], and Johannes Vermeer as [joːˈɦɑnəs fərˈmeːr], with /v/ assimilating to the preceding voiceless /s/ as [f].The usual English pronunciation is / v ər ˈ m ɪər / vər-MEER, with / v ɜːr ˈ m ɪər / vur-MEER, with a long first vowel, occurring in the UK.
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Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was targeted by climate activists in October 2022. - Lex Van Lieshout/ANP/AFP/Getty Images.
The Astronomer may refer to: Vita Hludovici or the "Limousin Astronomer", the anonymous author of the Vita Hludovici, a biography of Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious; The Astronomer, a 1668 oil painting by the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer; The Astronomer, a character in the Wild Cards book series
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