View of Delft
Johannes Vermeer · 1661
Why it's great
The Dutch city of Delft sits across a canal under a gray sky, with a shaft of sunlight on the roofs, and a few people stand on the shore. Johannes Vermeer painted it in about 1660, and the French writer Marcel Proust called it the most beautiful painting in the world.
Where to see it
📍 MauritshuisThe Hague, Netherlands
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Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter born in Delft in 1632. He painted calm scenes of women in sunlit rooms, with pearls, maps, letters and music, and made fewer than 40 paintings that we know of. He died in 1675, and he was almost forgotten until the 1800s.
