The Geographer

painting by Johannes Vermeer at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
VisualArtwork painting Q45130
The Geographer
Johannes Vermeer · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Geographer

Summary

The Geographer is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Geographer is the creator of Johannes Vermeer[3].
  • The Geographer's instance of is recorded as painting[4].
  • The Geographer is owned by Städel Museum[5].
  • The Geographer is owned by Charles Sedelmeyer[6].
  • The Geographer is associated with the Dutch Golden Age painting movement[7].
  • The Geographer's genre is portrait[8].
  • The Geographer's genre is genre art[9].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as compass[10].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as geographer[11].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as globe[12].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as oriental rug[13].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as Orientalism[14].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as map[15].
  • The Geographer's depicts is recorded as interior space[16].
  • The Geographer is made of oil paint[17].
  • The Geographer is made of canvas[18].
  • The Geographer's collection is recorded as Städel Museum[19].
  • The Geographer's inventory number is recorded as 1149[20].
  • The Geographer took place at Städel Museum[21].
  • The Geographer's Commons category is recorded as De geograaf (Vermeer)[22].
  • The Geographer's catalog code is recorded as 66[23].
  • The Geographer's catalog code is recorded as 5[24].
  • The Geographer's catalog code is recorded as 87[25].
  • The Geographer's catalog code is recorded as 1124[26].
  • The Geographer's catalog code is recorded as 132[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Geographer is the creator of Johannes Vermeer[3].

Publication

Genres include portrait[8] and genre art[9].

Subject and Themes

The Geographer's main subject is interior view[28]. It is associated with the Dutch Golden Age painting movement[7].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[17] and canvas[18]. The location of The Geographer was Städel Museum[21].

Why It Matters

The Geographer ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . essentialvermeer.com. Retrieved . essentialvermeer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Retrieved . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+46.6'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+45.4'}
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Städel Museum Wikidata Clean-Up
    Depicts compass, geographer, globe +4
    Pendant of The Astronomer
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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