| View of Delft | |
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| Dutch: Gezicht op Delft | |
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| Artist | Johannes Vermeer |
| Year | c. 1660–1661 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Baroque painting, Dutch Golden Age painting |
| Dimensions | 96.5 cm × 115.7 cm (38.0 in × 45.6 in) |
| Location | Mauritshuis, The Hague |
View of Delft (Dutch: Gezicht op Delft) is an oil painting by Johannes Vermeer, painted c. 1659–1661. The painting of the Dutch artist's hometown is among his best known.[1] It is one of three known paintings of Delft by Vermeer, along with The Little Street and the lost painting House Standing in Delft,[2] and his only cityscape.[3] According to art historian Emma Barker, cityscapes across water, which were popular in the Netherlands at the time, celebrated the city and its trade.[4] Vermeer's View of Delft has been held in the Dutch Royal Cabinet of Paintings at the Mauritshuis in The Hague since its establishment in 1822.[5]
- ^ Slatkes, Leonard J. (1981). Vermeer and his contemporaries. Abbeville Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89659-195-0. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Montias, John Michael (1989). Vermeer and his milieu : a web of social history. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-04051-6. OCLC 18557900.
- ^ Schütz, Karl (2015). Vermeer: The Complete Works. Taschen. p. 71.
- ^ Barker, Emma (2017). Art, Commerce and Colonialism 1600–1800. Manchester University Press.
- ^ "Johannes Vermeer View of Delft". mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved 19 April 2023.