A View of Delft

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A View of Delft is a 1652 cityscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, celebrated for its innovative perspective and luminous depiction of the city of Delft.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gezicht op Delft 1
“The Avenue at Middelharnis” 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cityscape painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalPeriod Baroque
collection National Gallery collection
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Carel Fabritius NERFINISHED
depicts Delft NERFINISHED
boats
canal
city gate
city walls of Delft
cloudy sky
figures
genre cityscape
hasQuality innovative perspective
luminous depiction of light
hasReferenceID NG 2621 (National Gallery inventory number)
inception 1652
influenced later Dutch cityscape painters
influencedBy Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt
languageOfTitle Dutch
location National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
materialUsed oil paint
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
notableFor detailed topographical representation of Delft
naturalistic lighting
use of perspective
partOf oeuvre of Carel Fabritius
support canvas
titleInOriginalLanguage A View of Delft self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gezicht op Delft

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middelharnis hasArtworkDepictingIt A View of Delft
this entity surface form: “The Avenue at Middelharnis”
Carel Fabritius notableWork A View of Delft
A View of Delft titleInOriginalLanguage A View of Delft self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gezicht op Delft