The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Art Print horses ' and a measure of

' and a measure of respect

It is considered a memento mori

allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene as either of the two

also known as If Skulls Could Speak

Starry Night Over the Rhône (1888) by Vincent van Gogh was painted on the bank of the river a short walk from the Yellow House

The Astronomer ☶ Vermeer ☷ Art Print horses ' and a measure ofThe Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer depicts an astronomer looking at a globe. It is closely paired with The Geographer, which used the same model, and canvas from the same bolt of material. The astronomer's profession is indicated by the celestial globe (by Jodocus Hondius) and a book on the table, the 1621 edition of Adriaan Metius's Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae. Symbolically, the volume is open to Book III, a section advising the