View of Delft | |
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Dutch: Gezicht op Delft | |
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]