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Vermeer painted only about 34 pictures

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Talk about doing the absolute bare minimum to achieve historical immortality. Vermeer worked at such a hilariously glacial pace that he only managed to finish about thirty-four authenticated paintings in his entire lifetime, proving that procrastination is a perfectly valid career strategy.

Vermeer painted only about 34 pictures
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