Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main, viewed from across the River Main, showing the full neoclassical facade and the modern underground extension skylights in the garden
Past

Johannes Vermeer: The Geographer and the Astronomer

Johannes Vermeer: der Geograph und der Astronom

Reunited after 200 years

Following its Paris showing, the reunion of The Astronomer and The Geographer travelled to the Städel in Frankfurt — home of The Geographer — where the two scholars were displayed together for the first time in Germany in two centuries.
Dates
15 Apr 1997 – 29 Jun 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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