Vermeer
(1632 - 1675)
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer
The Astronomer
circa 1668
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010064324






