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A View of Delft, with a musical instrument seller's stall

Carel Fabritius, 1652

© National Gallery, London

In the foreground a musical instrument seller with a viol da gamba and a lute. Before him a street with the Nieuwe Kerke across a canal, and on the right a cobbled pavement rising to a bridge over which can be seen the houses of the Vrouwenrecht. Remarkable for the finish of a miniaturist and for the perspective.

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Title of artwork, date

A View of Delft, with a musical instrument seller's stall, 1652

Date supported

1922

Medium and material

Oil on canvas laid down on panel

Dimensions

15 x 32 cm

Grant

1800

Total cost

1800

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