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The Astronomer

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Johannes Vermeer: The Astronomer  wikidata:Q544315 reasonator:Q544315
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Edit this at Wikidata Delft Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41264
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title

The astronomer.[1]

Alternative title(s):

L'Astronome ou plutôt L'Astrologue.[2]
L’astrologue, dit aussi L’astronome.[3]
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Moses Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1668
date QS:P571,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 51.5 cm (20.2 in); width: 45.5 cm (17.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,45.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Richelieu, 2nd floor, room 38
Accession number
RF 1983-28
Object history

1669 (?): acquired by Adriaen Paets (1631-1686), Rotterdam (?)
1686: inherited by Adriaen Paets (1657-1712), Rotterdam (?)
27 April 1713: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Rotterdam
1713 (?): acquired from Hendrik Sorgh (†1720), Amsterdam
28 March 1720: sale of the collection of Hendrik Sorgh, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam (as ‘Een Astrologist: door Vermeer van Delft, extra puyk’)

by 1727
date QS:P,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Govert Looten (1668-1727), Amsterdam

31 March 1729: sale of the collection of Govert Looten, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

by 1778
date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Jacob Crammer Simonsz. (1725-1778), Amsterdam

25 November 1778: purchased by De Vries at the sale of the collection of Jacob Crammer Simonsz. at Schley, Amsterdam
1778: acquired by Jean Étienne Fizeaux (†1780), Amsterdam
1780: inherited by the widow of Jean Étienne Fizeaux

1784 or 1785
date QS:P,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: acquired by Pieter Fouquet and Joseph Paillet (art dealer), Paris
between 1785 and 1794
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(?): acquired by Jan Danser Nyman (1735-1796), Amsterdam

16 August 1797: purchased by Jan Gildemeester Jansz. (1744-1799), Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of Jan Danser Nyman at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
11 June 1800: purchased by La Bouchère at the sale of the collection of Jan Gildemeester Jansz. at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
9 May 1804: sale of the collection of Michael Bryan
by 1820-1828: John Gibbons, near Birmingham
Unknown date: inherited by William Gibbons
18 June 1857: purchased by Tate Britain at the sale of the collection of William Gibbons at an unknown auction house, London (as A Philosopher)
30 May 1881: purchased by Léon Gauchez (art dealer), Paris, at the sale of the collection of Léopold Double at an unknown auction house, Paris

between 1881 and 1888
date QS:P,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: purchased by Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827-1905), Paris

1905: inherited by Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868-1949), Paris
1940: confiscated by Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, Paris
Unknown date: transferred to Führermuseum, Inventory number 1479, Linz
Unknown date: transferred to Central Collecting Point, Inventory number 2609/1, Munich
1945: restituted to Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, Paris
1949: inherited by Guy de Rothschild (1909-2007), Paris

1982: given to the Louvre Museum, Paris
Exhibition history
References
Authority file
Source/Photographer www.essentialvermeer.com : Home : Info : Pic
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References

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  1. ↑ Essential Vermeer.
  2. ↑ Base Atlas.
  3. ↑ Base Joconde.
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