Ive wrote:

> I assume that Vermeer would not have placed his easel in the darkest place of
> the room . . . What does this mean? Has Vermeer closed the window shades
> because he preferred this kind of lighting for the room even if this means
> his canvas was lit very poor? Or did he close the window shades, looked at
> the room, opened them to do some brush strokes, closed them again...

Actually, Vermeer was probably using a camera obscura, which means that he
was indeed sitting in the darkest part of the room.  More info here:

http://www.grand-illusions.com/vermeer/vermeer1.htm

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