Vermeer's Geographer: A Moment of Insight

slow art story by Dianne Durante

Listen to the Story: 16 minutes

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Description:

Historical and artistic analysis of this classic Vermeer painting of a geographer caught in a moment of insight

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqzf5pbUUc

Städel Museum
2nd upper level, Old Masters

"The Geographer"

by Johannes Vermeer