Well imho Vermeer was a real painter not a human printer, maybe that is why Tim is not mentioned in the article ;)

I feel that Vermeer and Tim are pretty much the same, although after watching that film Tim seems more romantic and poetic about picture making than Vermeer would have been given the time he was living in...

I feel you are right. Tim is a romantic typewriter given the time he is living in and Vermeer a conceptual poet :o)