Officer and Laughing Girl

Title

Officer and Laughing Girl

Subject

Optics

Description

It has been a debate for centuries whether or not Vermeer used optics to help create more realistic paintings. This work has clear signs of using a camera obscura. Using this device helps him to figure out the size of the people in relation to one another.

Creator

Johannes Vermeer

Date

1655-1660

Contributor

Johannes Vermeer

Type

still image

Identifier

oil paint on canvas

Files

officer_and_laughing_girl.jpg

Citation

Johannes Vermeer, “Officer and Laughing Girl,” Art and Science in the Early Modern World, accessed December 21, 2024, http://artandscience.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/140.

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