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Johannes Vermeer: The Geographer  wikidata:Q45130 reasonator:Q45130
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Edit this at Wikidata Delft Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q41264
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Dutch:
De Geograaf

The Geographer
title QS:P1476,nl:"De Geograaf"
label QS:Lnl,"De Geograaf"
label QS:Len,"The Geographer"
label QS:Lde,"Der Geograph"
label QS:Les,"El Geógrafo"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Géographe"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Date 1669
date QS:P571,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 46.6 cm (18.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,46.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q163804
Accession number
Inv. Nr. 1149
Object history

1669 (?): acquired by Adriaen Paets (1631-1686), Rotterdam (?)
1686: inherited by Adriaen Paets (1657-1712), Rotterdam (?)
27 April 1713: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Rotterdam
1713 (?): acquired from Hendrik Sorgh (†1720), Amsterdam
28 March 1720: sale of the collection of Hendrik Sorgh, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

by 1727
date QS:P,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Govert Looten (1668-1727), Amsterdam


31 March 1729: sale of the collection of Govert Looten, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

by 1778
date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Jacob Crammer Simonsz. (1725-1778), Amsterdam


25 November 1778: purchased by De Vries at the sale of the collection of Jacob Crammer Simonsz. at Schley, Amsterdam
1778: acquired by Jean Etienne Fizeaux (†1780), Amsterdam
1780: inherited by the widow of Jean Etienne Fizeaux

1784 or 1785
date QS:P,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: acquired by Pieter Fouquet and Joseph Paillet (art dealer), Paris
between 1785 and 1794
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(?): acquired by Jan Danser Nyman (1735-1796), Amsterdam

16 August 1797: purchased by Christian Josi, Amsterdam/London, at the sale of the collection of Jan Danser Nyman at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
1797 (?): acquired by Arnoud de Lange (†1803), Amsterdam
12 December 1803: purchased by Coclers at the sale of the collection of Arnoud de Lange at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

by 1821
date QS:P,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Jr. (1756-1821), Velzen/Amsterdam
by 1832
date QS:P,+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein (1787-1832), Amsterdam


1 July 1833: purchased by Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys, City of Brussels/London, at the sale of the collection of Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

before 1860
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: purchased by Alexandre Dumont, Cambrai, from Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys, City of Brussels/London

1866: purchased by Isaac Péreire, Paris, from Alexandre Dumont, Cambrai, through Thoré-Bürger
6 March 1872: sale of the collection of the Péreire brothers at an unknown auction house, Paris
1872 (?): acquired by Max Kann, Paris (?)

circa 1875
date QS:P,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: purchased by Prince Demidoff di San Donato, near Florence, from Sedelmeyer, Paris

15 March 1880: purchased by Adolf Josef Bösch (†1884), Döbling (?), at the sale of the collection of Prince Demidoff di San Donato at an unknown auction house, San Donato

28 April 1885: purchased by Frankfurter Kunstverein at the sale of the collection of Adolf Josef Bösch, Döbling at Kaeser, Plach & Kohlbacher, Döbling
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IVer-Meer / MDCLVIIII
References http://www.staedelmuseum.de/sm/index.php?StoryID=1309&ObjectID=293
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