THE ASTRONOMER

(De astronoom)

1668
oil on canvas
19 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.  (50 x 45 cm.)
The Louvre, Paris

an interactive analysis *
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Jodocus Hondius, maker of the globe in Vermeer's Astronomer, engraving of the year 1619.

on the web:

Globi Neerlandici - The production of globes in the Low Countries, by drs. Peter van der Krogt
http://www.maphist.com/artman/publish/printer_112.shtml

Jodocus Hondius, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodocus_Hondius


Portrait of Adriaan Metius, author of the manual on astronomy which lies open on the table in front of the astronomer
private collection
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