Camera Obscura as an Artistic Aid (contd.)
		• Its strength as an aid to drawing resides in its ability to distil onto a flat surface the confused visual information which strikes the eye. It was much used by Dutch still-life and by topographical painters. Eminent practitioners include the Dutch genre painter Vermeer in the 17th century and the Veduta painter Canaletto in the 18th century.
			Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, 1664