View of Delft

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View of Delft is a celebrated 17th-century cityscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer, renowned for its luminous depiction of his hometown Delft.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cityscape painting
painting
appliesToPart canvas
collection Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Johannes Vermeer
depicts Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
Nieuwe Maas river
Oude Kerk, Delft
Rotterdam Gate
Schiedam Gate
city of Delft
city walls of Delft
describedAtURL https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/406-view-of-delft/
describedBySource Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
genre landscape painting
realist painting
topographical view
hasPart boats
city skyline
cloudy sky
figures on the shore
reflections on water
hasQuality atmospheric perspective
luminous light effects
meticulous detail
height 96.5 cm
inception circa 1660
circa 1661
influenced modern art criticism
languageOfWorkOrName none
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity The Hague
location Mauritshuis
mainSubject Delft
materialUsed oil paint
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
notableWorkOf Johannes Vermeer
partOf Dutch Golden Age art
width 115.7 cm


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