among the artists whose work he reproduced were caravaggio, jean-baptiste-siméon chardin, jean auguste dominique ingres, winslow homer, andrea mantegna, henri matisse, pablo picasso and, especially, johannes vermeer, about whose style he wrote a book.[1] during a 1993 visit to new york, deem noted to his great-nephew, kenneth j. knight, ph.d., that his favorite artist was johannes vermeer.