Jan Vermeer's mastery of the use of paint was such that we see more in his pictures than is actually there. The painter achieved his illusions by using the picture as a field for perceptual exploration.
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Kemp, M. Vermeer's vision. Nature 392, 27 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/32064
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