In the American science fiction author Gordon Eklund published a short story "Vermeer's Window" in the magazine Universe 8, about an aspiring artist who is given the ability to reproduce Vermeer's works. The documentary film Tim's Vermeer follows inventor Tim Jenison 's examination on his theory that Vermeer used optical devices to assist in generating his realistic images. The widow sold two more paintings to Hendrick van Buyten to pay off a substantial debt. Open art market Art dealer. Vermeer's style is similar to that of some of the Utrecht Caravaggistswhose works are depicted as paintings-within-paintings in the backgrounds of several of his compositions. Inhe leased an inn, which he called "The Flying Fox". The blessing took place in the quiet nearby village of Schipluiden. And like Rembrandt, he was an avid art collector and dealer.


