File:Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg

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Summary

Johannes Vermeer: View of Delft

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 WorldCat

Title

View of Delft

Object type

painting

Genre

cityscape

Date

between circa 1660 and circa 1661

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 96.5 cm (37.9 in); width: 117.5 cm (46.2 in)

Collection

Mauritshuis (Inventory)

	Native name	Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
	Location	Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E
	Established	1822
	Website	mauritshuis.nl
	Authority file	: Q221092 VIAF: 134457328 ISNI: 000000012288890X ULAN: 500307433 LCCN: n79026755 GND: 62314-3 WorldCat

Accession number

92

Object location

52° 00′ 15″ N, 4° 21′ 40″ E

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Place of creation

Delft

Object history

Unknown date
Unknown date
: purchased by Pieter van Ruijven (1624-1674), Delft, from Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Delft
(?) 1674: inherited by Magdalena van Ruijven (†1682)
(?) by 1695
date QS:P,+1695-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1695-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Jacob Dissius
16 May 1696: sale of the collection of Jacob Dissius
22 May 1822: purchased by Jeronimo de Vries at the sale of the collection of Anna Johanna Teding van Berckhout-Kops
1822: acquired by Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague

Exhibition history

Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023

Inscriptions

Monogram bottom left:

IVM

References

Authority file

Source/Photographer

www.mauritshuis.nl : Home : Info : : Image

Other versions

File:Jan Vermeer van Delft 001.jpg
Version from 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei

File:Johannes Vermeer 001 black and white 01.jpg
Version from mus.cat., ca. 1900


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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:48, 11 July 2014	3,000 × 2,491 (1.16 MB)	Coat of Many Colours	Better definition and colour balance. New Mauritshuis image of this painting.
	14:48, 24 March 2013	2,478 × 2,067 (4.17 MB)	Hohum	Reworked colour balance from original hi res - removing green tinge created blue one in shadows.
	14:38, 7 May 2010	2,478 × 2,067 (2.54 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	removed greenish hue
	16:53, 28 March 2008	2,478 × 2,067 (2.22 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	more detailed version
	23:07, 25 March 2005	1,399 × 1,192 (372 KB)	Anton~commonswiki	Replacing previous version (green clouds give a little bit strange impression...).<br/> Author of the processed scan: Anton (rp) 2005<br>Licensed under GNU-FDL
	14:13, 21 February 2005	1,024 × 768 (114 KB)	Thuresson	Much larger version
	10:12, 29 January 2005	600 × 497 (49 KB)	Ecemaml	View of Deft, by Vermeer