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