Which 1934 Salvador Dalí painting depicts a ghostly figure of Vermeer that functions as a table?

Salvador Dalí’s 1934 painting depicting a ghostly figure of Vermeer functioning as a table is The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used as a Table.

The painting presents Johannes Vermeer’s imagined ghostly form as an elongated, table-like structure in a sparse landscape. Dalí admired Vermeer and repeatedly referred to the Dutch painter in his writing and visual art. The unusual transformation reflects Dalí’s interest in double images and in making one form suggest another.

Dalí’s title is unusually descriptive, explicitly explaining the strange visual premise. The work therefore combines a historical reference to Vermeer with a Surrealist metamorphosis. It is not a portrait of Vermeer in the conventional sense and should not be confused with Dalí’s paintings based on Napoleon or other historical figures.

The painting is held by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Its long title is generally retained in English-language catalogues.