The Astronomer (painting)
- The Astronomer (painting)
Infobox Painting
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title=The Astronomer
artist=Johannes Vermeer
year=c. 1668
type=Oil on canvas
height=51
width=45
city=Paris
museum=Musée du Louvre
"The Astronomer" is a painting finished about 1668 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is oil on canvas, 51cm x 45 cm, and is on display at the Louvre, Paris.[cite web]
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title = L'Astronome ou plutôt L'Astrologue
work = Atlas: the database of the exhibited works of art
publisher = Musée du Louvre
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url = http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=25889
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accessdate = 2006-10-14
language = French ] Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th century Dutch painting[cite book]
last = Bailey
first = Anthony
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title = Vermeer: A View of Delft
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date = 2001
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pages = 165-170
url = http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/cat_about/astronomer.htm
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id = ISBN 0-8050-6930-5 ] [cite book]
last = Bailey
first = Martin
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title = Vermeer
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date = 1995
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pages = 102-104
url = http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/cat_about/astronomer.htm
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last = van Berkel
first = Klaas
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title = The Scholarly World of Vermeer
chapter = Vermeer and the Representation of Science
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pages = 13-14
url = http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/cat_about/astronomer.htm
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id = ISBN 90-400-9825-5 ] possibly Anton van Leeuwenhoek. [Van Berkel, K. (February 24 1996). "Vermeer, Van Leeuwenhoek en De Astronoom". Vrij Nederland (Dutch magazine), p. 62–67.] The astronomer's profession is shown by the celestial globe (version by Jodocus Hondius) and the book on the table, Metius's "Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae"
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