The Astronomer

Here’s another photo of a painting I saw at the Pella Library.  Thanks to a Rick Steves travel show about Paris, I actually know something about this painting.  It is The Astronomer  by the Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer.

It was painted in 1668 and is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.  A related painting by Vermeer is entitled The Geographer and can be seen here.