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2. The Astronomer (Vermeer) - Wikipedia

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   Johannes Vermeer, The Geographer 1668-69 oil on canvas; 53×47 cm. Steadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany. 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 ...

3. List of paintings by Johannes Vermeer - Wikipedia

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   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. Vermeer's paintings of ...

4. Girl Interrupted at Her Music - Wikipedia

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   On the left side of the painting is a multi-paned window, from which the light source is provided for the scene. Vermeer used the same window design in nine of his other works (The Music Lesson, The Girl with the Wine Glass, The Glass of Wine, Officer and Laughing Girl, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, Woman with a Water Jug, Woman with a Lute, Woman Holding a Balance, and Woman with a ...

5. Woman with a Water Jug - Wikipedia

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   The work suggests that Vermeer was aware that light is composed of colours, and the effect of colours on one another. For instance, the blue drape is reflected as dark blue on the side of the metallic pitcher, and the red fabric modifies the gold hue of the basin's underside.

6. The Art of Painting - Wikipedia

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   Until 1860, the painting was considered to have been painted by Vermeer's contemporary, Pieter de Hooch; Vermeer was little-known until the late 19th century. Hooch's signature was even forged on the painting. It was at the intervention of the German art historian Gustav Friedrich Waagen that it was recognised as a Vermeer original. [29] [30]

7. View of Delft - Wikipedia

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   Vermeer originally painted a third person next to them, but later changed his mind and painted him out. [5] Behind the Rotterdam Gate is the illuminated spire of the Nieuwe Kerk. In reality, the Nieuwe Kerk would be positioned more toward the right, but Vermeer depicted it closer to the center to make it more prominent. [5]

8. 123Movies - Wikipedia

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   123Movies, GoMovies, GoStream, MeMovies or 123movieshub was a network of file streaming websites operating from Vietnam which allowed users to watch films for free. It was called the world's "most popular illegal site" by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in March 2018, [3] [6] before being shut down a few weeks later on foot of a criminal investigation by the Vietnamese ...

9. The Guitar Player (Vermeer) - Wikipedia

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   The Guitar Player is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), dated c. 1672.This work of art is one of Vermeer's final artistic activities, providing insight into the techniques he mastered and approaches to painting he favored.