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Re:108B Pixel Scan of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl E... by diego_moita on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:15PM (#43853345)
It isn't a bad hypothesis.

Many people speculate that the model for the "The Astronomer" and "The Geographer" was Leeuwenhoek, the creator of the first microscope. He was a close friend of Vermeer.

And the use of devices for helping in drawing was actually quite common in those times. Durer and Da Vinci made drawings showing these kind of devices.

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Re:108B Pixel Scan of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl E... by noufalibrahim on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:34AM (#43854694)
It's a great science documentary though. His obsession, how he works towards it and the emotional effect the whole project has on him. Worth watching regardless of your opinion on the hypothesis.
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