The Astronomer
painting by Johannes Vermeer
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Summary
The Astronomer is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,256 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Johannes Vermeer[3]
- Owned by: French State[4]
- Movement: Baroque[5]
- Genre: genre art[6]
- Depicts: astronomer[7], Q22999223[8], man[9], astrology[10], book[11], scientific instrument[12], carpet[13], painting[14], Moses[15], Nile[16], compass[17]
- Made from material: oil paint[18], canvas[19]
- Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre[20], Führermuseum[21]
- Inventory number: RF 1983-28[22], 1479[23], 2609/1[24], RF 1983 28[25]
- Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi[26], Führermuseum[27], Munich Central Collecting Point[28], Jeu de Paume Nazi sorting house[29], Louvre Museum[30]
- Commons category: The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer[31]
- Catalog code: 139[32], 65[33], 6[34]
- Inception: 1664[35]
- Exhibition history: Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry.[36]
- Significant event: confiscation[37], auction[38]
- Described at URL: http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/l-astronome[39], https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=2609/1&suchen=Suchen[40]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 49E11(+1)[41], 41A251[42], 48C5142[43], 41A33[44], 61B(+53)[45]
- Title: Der Astronom[46], The Astronomer[47]
- Pendant of: The Geographer[48]
- Height: 50.8 cm[49]
- Width: 46.3 cm[50]
- Time period: Dutch Golden Age painting[51]
- Thickness: 6.7 cm[52]
- Copyright status: public domain[53]
Why It Matters
The Astronomer has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]