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The Music Room
জলসাঘর
1958 · Film · 100 min
Directed by Satyajit Ray
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
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>"But no one understood exactly how such a device might actually have been used to paint masterpieces." //
Seems a stretch.
I vaguely recall seeing a documentary - perhaps many years ago, probably on the BBC - on Vermeer's "The Music Room" and how it was understood to be created using an optical system [camera obscura?]. They showed a replica being used to trace an image.
Related http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/projects/MC-CL-Vermeer-abstract.pdf uses the assumption of the accuracy of the dimensions to establish two of Vermeer's painting were likely done in the same room.