Art · Skopia

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6 works

The Art of Painting (The Artist's Studio)

1668 · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Vermeer never sold this one. The model poses as Clio, muse of history, with a great map of the Netherlands filling the wall behind.

★ 8.3

1660 · The Frick Collection, New York City

The officer's hat and back loom enormous in the foreground while the girl sits small and bright beyond, which is exactly how the eye works.

★ 7.1

1933 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

A canvas on an easel shows exactly the landscape it is standing in front of, and therefore hides it completely.

★ 6.9

1932 · Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln

He reads the paper, she touches one key of the piano, and we are watching from the street through their window.

★ 6.8

1887 · Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo

A family at breakfast, posed so stiffly in the glare that the comfortable room turns faintly airless. Every surface is built from dots.

★ 5.2

1890 · Private collection

He stares out the window, she pokes the fire, and the dots are used here for boredom rather than sunlight.

★ 4.8