The Astronomer Print by Vermeer Size:50x50 cm / 20x20″ The Story Behind the Saint

The Story Behind the Saint Martin Print by El Greco

with the realistically draped clothing and the emotional faces of the figures

assumed to be a tsunami

though he had also completed a previous piece on the same subject matter in 1601

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The Astronomer Print by Vermeer Size:50x50 cm / 20x20″ The Story Behind the SaintThe Astronomer Print by Vermeer Vermeer painted The Astronomer print in 1668, and the oil painting portrays a scholarly studio where an astronomer is plotting a course on a celestial globe, surrounded by scientific paraphernalia. Often associated with his Geographer, painted at the same time, The Astronomer print is recognised as one of the great Dutch masters of the seventeenth century. Scientific themes were common among painters at this time, with