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The Geographer
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The Geographer is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1668–1669, and is now in the collection of the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany. It is closely related to Vermeer's The Astr
Johannes Vermeer The Geographer Google Art Project
Johannes Vermeer The Geographer Google Art Project
Vermeer's The Astronomer has been considered a pendant to The Geographer
Vermeer's The Astronomer has been considered a pendant to The Geographer
Faust depicted in an etching by Rembrandt (c. 1650). Faust, also a scholar, is depicted in the same pose as The Geographer, although facing in roughly
Faust depicted in an etching by Rembrandt (c. 1650). Faust, also a scholar, is depicted in the same pose as The Geographer, although facing in roughly the opposite direction.
Vermeer's possible model, Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek, painted two decades later by Jan Verkolje
Vermeer's possible model, Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek, painted two decades later by Jan Verkolje
The Procuress (Vermeer)
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The Procuress is a 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by the then 24-year-old Johannes Vermeer. It can be seen in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It is his first genre painting and shows a scene
The Geographer
…the two works came from the same bolt of material. This is one of only three paintings Vermeer signed and dated (the other two are The Astronomer and The Procuress). The geographer, dressed in a Japanese-style robe then popular among scholars, is shown to be "someone excited by intellectual inquiry", with his…
Johannes Vermeer The Procuress Google Art Project
Johannes Vermeer The Procuress Google Art Project
Dirck van Baburen, The Procuress, 1622, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The painting was owned by Maria Thins, mother-in-law of Johannes V
Dirck van Baburen, The Procuress, 1622, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The painting was owned by Maria Thins, mother-in-law of Johannes Vermeer, who reproduced it within two of his own paintings.