View of Delft
painting by Johannes Vermeer
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Summary
View of Delft is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,693 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Johannes Vermeer[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Owned by: Magdalena van Ruijven[5], Jacob Dissius[6]
- Movement: Dutch Golden Age painting[7]
- Genre: cityscape[8]
- Depicts: sky[9], cloud[10], port[11], Delft[12], Schiedamse poort[13], Rotterdamse Poort[14], Kolk[15], trekschuit[16], trekvaart[17], Nieuwe Kerk Delft[18], specular reflection[19]
- Made from material: oil paint[20], canvas[21]
- Collection: Mauritshuis[22]
- Inventory number: 92[23]
- Location: Mauritshuis[24]
- Commons category: View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer[25]
- Catalog code: 48[26], 13[27], 106[28]
- Inception: 1661[29]
- Exhibition history: Vermeer[30]
- Described at URL: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/kunstwerken/gezicht-op-delft-92/[31]
- Location of creation: Delft[32], Stadsherberg Buyten[33]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 25I1[34], 25H213[35], 25I[36], 25I1461[37], 11Q7121(BELL-TOWER)[38]
- Described by source: Dutch landscape painting of the seventeenth century[39]
- Title: Gezicht op Delft[40], View of Delft[41]
- Different from: Polscy laureaci Prix Italia w kategorii audycji radiowych[42]
- Height: 96.5 cm[43]
- Width: 115.7 cm[44]
- Fabrication method: oil painting[45]
- Time period: Baroque[46]
- Copyright status: public domain[47]
Why It Matters
View of Delft has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]