The Geographer
Johannes Vermeer · 1668
Why it's great
A man in a blue gown leans over a table covered with maps, holding a pair of compasses, and looks up toward the window. Johannes Vermeer painted it in about 1668, and a globe sits on the cupboard behind him.
Where to see it
📍 Städel MuseumFrankfurt, Germany
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter born in Delft in 1632. He painted calm scenes of women in sunlit rooms, with pearls, maps, letters and music, and made fewer than 40 paintings that we know of. He died in 1675, and he was almost forgotten until the 1800s.
