Johannes Vermeer - The Little Street 1658-1660
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The Little Street 1658-1660
54x44cm oil/canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam:
This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is as exciting as it is balanced. The old walls with their bricks, whitewash, and cracks are almost tangible. The location is Vlamingstraat 40–42 in Delft. Vermeer’s aunt Ariaentgen Claes lived in the house at the right, with her children, from around 1645 until her death in 1670.