Johannes Vermeer

The Astronomer

1664 — Department of Paintings of the Louvre; French State · Paris

The Astronomer (Dutch: De astronoom) is a painting finished in 1668 by the Johannes Vermeer, a painter of the Dutch Golden Age. It is in oil on canvas with dimensions 51 cm × 45 cm (20 in × 18 in). The Astronomer is now in the collection of the Louvre in Paris.

Subject
painting, scientific instrument, carpet, compass, astrology, Moses, astronomer, man, book, Nile

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