Question

1 have you ever sat at a kitchen table and noticed how the morning sun filters through the window, illuminating the simple everyday items placed there: a bowl, a spoon, a glass of juice? did you wish that you could somehow capture that moment in time? johannes (jan) vermeer, a 17th - century artist, observed just such everyday scenes in his home and recorded them for posterity in his master paintings. 3 vermeer was born in delft, netherlands, in 1632. as the son of a silk weaver/art dealer, he was exposed to artists and fine paintings from an early age. although little is known about his early artistic training, it is a recorded fact that, in 1653, vermeer joined the guild of st. luke, an association of artists and art dealers. although he was well respected in the delft art world as a painter and an art dealer, the artist was not widely known at the time. vermeer lived his whole life in delft, painting what he saw around him with great clarity. while he painted some landscapes, such as the little street and view of delft, his main based on information in the passage, which would most likely be a subject of one of vermeer’s paintings? ○ a chair ○ a town meeting ○ a tall building ○ a museum

Explanation:

The passage states Vermeer painted everyday scenes from his home and local landscapes. A chair is an everyday household item, fitting his subject matter, while the other options are not typical everyday home/nearby scenes he focused on.

Answer:

a chair