View of Houses in Delft, Known as ‘The Little Street’
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height 54.3 cm x width 44 cm x depth 9 cm
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Cityscapes and City Scenes Both · 99%
The title identifies a view of houses in Delft, and the image visibly depicts a street frontage with adjoining brick buildings, roofs, doors, windows, and pavement.
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Scenes of Everyday Life Visual · 86%
Several small figures are visible near entrances and along the lower façade, situating the architecture within an inhabited, ordinary urban setting.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 95%
Brick reds, ochres, browns, muted greens, and blue-gray sky tones dominate the composition.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 90%
Brick courses, window divisions, shutters, rooflines, masonry, paving, and vegetation are rendered with sustained descriptive attention.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 95%
The substantial façade on the right contrasts with the open sky and receding lower buildings on the left, producing an uneven, asymmetrical arrangement.
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Emphasis on Linear Perspective Visual · 83%
The paved foreground and diminishing rooflines lead into the passage of buildings toward the center-left, establishing recession in depth.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1658.
Source & rights
Johannes Vermeer. View of Houses in Delft, Known as ‘The Little Street’. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.