FTP, name the painting that is generally considered the greatest work of Jan Vermeer.
Long attributed to Pieter de Hooch, this work was purchased by Hitler in 1940 and stored in a salt mine near Vienna during World War II. The woman at center right, with her blue dress, trumpet, and crown of laurels, is generally understood to be the muse Clio, as described in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia, while the painter himself, having just completed painting the blue laurels, is shown in a black beret at his easel. FTP, name the painting that is generally considered the greatest work of Jan Vermeer.
Long attributed to Pieter de Hooch, this work was purchased by Hitler in 1940 and stored in a salt mine near Vienna during World War II.
The {Art of Painting} (accept The {Allegory of Painting}, or The {Artist’s Studio}, or The {Artist in His Studio}, or {Die Malkunst})