View of Delft
c. 1660 - 1661
Johannes Vermeer captured his hometown in this breathtaking cityscape, freezing a quiet Dutch afternoon in time around 1660. Notice the dramatic, brooding clouds looming over the sunlit brick buildings and the calm water reflecting the city's silhouette. It is considered one of the greatest landscape paintings ever made, largely because of how Vermeer used tiny dots of paint to make the sunlight sparkle on the water and walls. Marcel Proust once called it the most beautiful painting in the world, and it is easy to see why when you look at those tiny figures chatting on the shore.
- Technique
- Oil painting
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 96.5 cm × 115.7 cm
Location: Mauritshuis, The Hague
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