FabritiusViewOfDelft.jpg

Summary

Carel Fabritius : A View of Delft wikidata:Q18162507 reasonator:Q18162507
Artist
Carel Fabritius (–1654) wikidata:Q352954
Carel Fabritius
Alternative names
Carel Fabricius, Carolus Pietersz. Fabritius, Carel Pietersz. Fabritius
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 27 February 1622 (baptised) 12 October 1654 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Middenbeemster Delft
Work period between circa 1642 and circa 1654
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Amsterdam (circa 1642–1643), Beemster (1643–1650), Delft (1650–1654)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q352954
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A View of Delft Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre cityscape Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1652
date QS:P571,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas mounted on walnut wood
Dimensions height: 15.5 cm (6.1 in); width: 31.7 cm (12.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,15.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,31.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 25
Accession number
NG3714
Credit line Presented by The Art Fund, 1922
Inscriptions

Signature center left:

C. Fabritius
(in the stall)
Notes
English: This is one of Fabritius' paintings showing his interest in extreme perspective effects. It is possible that the picture formed part of a perspective box . The writing on the wall by the shadow of the lute is the artist's signature - C. Fabritius, written in the perspective of the scene.
References
Source/Photographer The National Gallery
Permission
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Other versions
Camera location 52° 00′ 44.71″ N, 4° 21′ 44.21″ E Heading=247.5° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

Captions

A View of Delft (1652). Oil on canvas mounted on walnut wood, 20.9 × 35.7 cm (8.2 × 14.1 in). National Gallery, London

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

A View of Delft

coordinates of the point of view

52°0'44.708"N, 4°21'44.212"E

heading : 247.5 degree

MIME type

image/jpeg