Front facade of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, a neoclassical building viewed from the north, showing its columned entrance and stone exterior
Past

The Night Sky in the Age of Vermeer

The Astronomer in Context

A focused presentation at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts built around The Astronomer on loan from the Louvre, exploring seventeenth-century Dutch astronomy and cosmology.
Dates
18 Oct 2009 – 19 Jan 2010
Museum
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The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer

The Astronomer

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