Question

Artist: Jan Vermeer - The Geographer. What is the additional fact associated with this artwork?

a) Dressed in a Japanese-style robe then popular among scholars. Rich carpet textile. Hyperactive detail, the Dutch's success of world trade travel.
b) It's a religious painting.
c) It's a minimalist artwork with no use of light and shadow.
d) It's a sculpture, not a painting.

Answer 1

Jan Vermeer's artwork, 'The Geographer,' includes a Japanese woodblock print in the background.

Step-by-step explanation:

The additional fact associated with Jan Vermeer's artwork, 'The Geographer,' is that it shows the artist in three-quarter profile standing in a room in the Yellow House wearing a closed coat and a fur cap. To his left is a blue framed window, and partly obscured by the ridge of his cheek, a Japanese woodblock print shows two geishas in a landscape with Mount Fuji in the background.