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Johannes Vermeer’s 1668 painting The Astronomer is one of the artist’s two science-themed works and is often considered together with The Geographer. Executed in oil on canvas, this work is today on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. In the scene, a solitary male figure sits at a desk, reaching toward the celestial globe before him. On the table there are also an open book, an astrolabe, and various bound volumes. The scientific instruments toward which the figure is oriented, and the carefu