Which artist may have influenced Johannes Vermeer’s use of perspective?

The artist whose innovative use of perspective is considered to have profoundly influenced Johannes Vermeer is Carel Fabritius.1

While there is no evidence that Vermeer formally studied under Fabritius, the poet Arnold Bon noted that Vermeer "masterfully trod in [Fabritius’s] path" following Fabritius's death in 1654. Fabritius, a former pupil of Rembrandt van Rijn, was known for his mural decorations featuring illusionistic perspective effects and his work with perspective boxes.12

Additionally, the work of Pieter de Hooch, a leading genre painter in Delft, also influenced Vermeer’s interior scenes. De Hooch was a master of using perspective to create light-filled spaces, and it is highly probable that the two artists were in close contact during the period when their styles and subject matter were quite similar.1