The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Art Print horses ' and a measure of

' and a measure of respect

is one of the most famous works outside the United States by an American artist

allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene as either of the two

also known as If Skulls Could Speak

appear as dancers

The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Art Print horses ' and a measure ofThe Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer depicts an astronomer looking at a globe. It is closely paired with The Geographer, which used the same model, and canvas from the same bolt of material. The astronomer's profession is indicated by the celestial globe (by Jodocus Hondius) and a book on the table, the 1621 edition of Adriaan Metius's Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae. Symbolically, the volume is open to Book III, a section advising the