The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Canvas Size:12 x 13¼ praised for its portrayal of

praised for its portrayal of multiple light sources

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The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Canvas Size:12 x 13¼ praised for its portrayal ofThe Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer depicts an astronomer looking at a globe. It is closely paired with The Geographer, which used the same model, and canvas from the same bolt of material. The astronomer's profession is indicated by the celestial globe (by Jodocus Hondius) and a book on the table, the 1621 edition of Adriaan Metius's Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae. Symbolically, the volume is open to Book III, a section advising the