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Vermeer's luminous cityscape captures Delft across the water under a vast, cloud-shadowed sky, sunlight just beginning to strike its rooftops. Tiny highlights of thick paint make the scene shimmer. Proust called it the most beautiful painting in the world.
View of Delft
- Datec. 1660
- MovementDutch Golden Age
- WhereMauritshuis, The Hague
- RegionLow Countries · North