The Geographer
De geograaf
Artwork Specifications
- Dimensions
- 52 × 45.5 cm
- Location
- Städel Museum
Meet the artist
Johannes Vermeer1632–1675 · Dutch“I can't paint as well as Vermeer.”
Where to see it
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, GermanyA scholar in a Japanese-style robe leans against a worktable with a nautical chart, holding dividers while gazing toward the window light. One of only three Vermeer works both signed and dated. Shares canvas bolt with companion piece The Astronomer.
Believed to portray Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the pioneering microscopist. The dynamic diagonal — unusual for Vermeer — gives it a sense of intellectual urgency.
Now at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
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