The glass pyramid of the Musee du Louvre illuminated at dusk in the Cour Napoleon, Paris
Past

Vermeer's Astronomer and Geographer

L'Astronome et le Géographe de Vermeer

Temporary exhibition beneath the pyramid

For the first time in two centuries, Vermeer's two paired scholar portraits — The Astronomer (Louvre) and The Geographer (Städel, Frankfurt) — were reunited and displayed together beneath I. M. Pei's pyramid at the Louvre.
Dates
1 Jan 1997 – 16 Mar 1997
Museum
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Paintings2

The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer

The Astronomer

1668

The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer

The Geographer

1668–1669

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