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1668 · Städel Museum

The Geographer

Johannes VermeerWikidata

painting by Johannes Vermeer at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

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Date
1668Wikidata
Medium
Oil paint on canvasWikidata
Dimensions
51.6 × 45.4 cmWikidata
Collection
Städel Museum, FrankfurtWikidata
Movement
Dutch Golden Age paintingWikidata
Genre
portrait, genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1149Wikidata
Exhibitions
  • Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry. (2017)
  • The public and the private in the age of Vermeer (2000)
  • Vermeer
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1669 – 1686
    Adriaen Paets I
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. 1686 – 1712
    Adriaen Paets II
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. 1713 – 1720
    Hendrick Sorgh
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. 1785 – 1796
    Jan Danser Nijman
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  5. 1866 – 1872
    Isaac Pereire
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  6. 1872 – 1875
    Maximilien Édouard Kann
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  7. 1875 – 1880
    Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  8. ? – 1880
    Demidov collection
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  9. 1885 –
    Städel Museum
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  10. Dates unknown
    Charles Sedelmeyer
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
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