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Rembrandt completed this allegory of sight around 1624-1625, when he was still a teenager in Leiden. A woman squints while trying on a pair of spectacles offered by a vendor. Three figures crowd the small panel, their expressions capturing the moment of testing new lenses. It belongs to a series depicting the five senses.
These are Rembrandt's earliest known paintings, showing notable skill for an eighteen-year-old. Four of the five senses have been identified; only Taste remains lost. The Spectacle Seller demonstrates Rembrandt's early gift for representing human character through small, telling details. The work held at the Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden.
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El Greco, 1614
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Johannes Vermeer, 1670
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Johannes Vermeer, 1664
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Johannes Vermeer, 1663
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Diego Velázquez, 1650
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