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The Art of Painting also known as The Allegory of Painting and or Painter in his Studio is a famous 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Many art historians believe that it is an allegory of painting hence the alternative title of the painting. After Vermeer’s The Procuress it is the largest work by the master. Its composition and iconography also make it the most complex Vermeer work of all.The painting is one of Vermeer’s most famous.
