Johannes VermeerNederland, 1632–1675De astronoom
L'Astronome
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Over het schilderij
De astronoom is een schilderij uit 1668 van de Hollandse meester Johannes Vermeer. Het schilderij vormt een pendant met het latere werk De geograaf waarop eveneens een wetenschapper aan het werk wordt afgebeeld. De astronoom is in het bezit van het Louvre in Parijs.
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RF 1983 28
In de catalogus
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In het leven van Johannes Vermeer
Het hele leven1653–1675 · Werkzaam in
Delft
1653–1675
Patrons: van Ruijven and van Buyten
Pieter van Ruijven and his wife Maria de Knuijt were Vermeer's patrons for the better part of his career: van Ruijven bought much of his output, which kept Vermeer afloat financially but reduced the chances of his fame spreading beyond Delft. The baker Hendrick van Buyten held a couple of his paintings as collateral.
1672
The “Year of Disaster”: war and the collapse of the market
In 1672 the Rampjaar, a severe economic downturn, struck the Dutch Republic after French troops under Louis XIV invaded from the south and troops from Münster and Cologne from the east. Vermeer's sale of a painting that year was his last, and five years passed before circumstances improved.
1672
To The Hague: appraising a collection for the Elector
In 1672 Vermeer, a recognised connoisseur, travelled to The Hague, where together with the painter Jacob Jordaens he appraised Venetian and Roman paintings offered to the Elector of Brandenburg for 30,000 guilders. Before a notary he denied the collection's authenticity and declared it worth no more than a tenth of the asking price.
1675
A sudden death in December 1675
Vermeer's widow wrote to the creditors that during the war he had been forced to sell paintings at a reduced price; falling into despondency, in December 1675 he lost consciousness and died a day and a half later. What exactly happened remains unclear.
1675
Died
