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"This is a frequent subject in seventeenth century Flemish and Dutch art, but what distinguishes THE ASTRONOMER from genre painting and makes it unique is the handling of the light. The living light streams through the window on the left and becomes color, it gleams off fabrics and wood and circulates through the room, laying a silent veil aver everything in it. The room loses its realistic connotations and becomes a moment of eternity suspended in silence.”
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