The Little Street

E12379

The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
painting
artist Johannes Vermeer
cataloguedIn Vermeer catalogue raisonne9
collection Rijksmuseum collection
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Johannes Vermeer
dateOfCreation 1650s
depicts children playing
everyday life
houses in Delft
street scene
women doing household chores
depictsTimeOfDay daytime
follows tradition of Dutch genre painting
genre Dutch Golden Age painting
hasArtHistoricalSignificance important example of Vermeer27s early mature style
hasBeenExhibitedAt Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
hasColorPalette earth tones
muted tones
hasDepictionType cityscape
domestic genre scene
outdoor scene
hasSubject architecture
domestic life
urban life
height 54.3 cm
inception circa 1657–1658
influencedBy Dutch genre painters of Delft and Amsterdam
languageOfTitle Dutch
locatedIn Amsterdam
location Rijksmuseum
materialUsed oil paint
movement Baroque
notableWorkOf Johannes Vermeer
orientation portrait format
originalTitle Het Straatje
paintingTechnique oil on canvas
partOf Dutch Golden Age art
setIn Delft
significantPlace Delft
style realism
surface canvas
usesPerspective linear perspective
width 43.0 cm

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Esaias van de Velde ("A Village Street")
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
notableWork
The Little Street ("Het Straatje")
originalTitle

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