Caption

View of houses in Delft, known as 'The Little Street', Street in Delft, print, book illustration, known as 'The Little Street'. The facades of several houses on a street in Delft. Between the houses is a small alley where a woman is bent over a washbasin. In the open doorway of the house on the right, a woman is doing needlework; on the sidewalk in front of the house on the left, two children are playing., printmaker: Willem Steelink (II), Netherlands, after painting by Johannes Vermeer, printer (person): Roeloffzen & Hübner, publisher: Holkema & Warendorf, Van, Amsterdam, 1888 - 1891, printer (person), paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, etching and drypoint on chine collé, height 347 mm x width 253 mm, A detailed black and white etching of a street scene showing the facade of a tall brick building with multiple windows of small panes and wooden shutters, an arched window detail, and a doorway with a seated figure partially visible inside; adjacent lower buildings with steep roofs, chimneys, and ivy or foliage climbing one side; a dark arched entrance leading into a passage, a bench on the pavement with folded cloth or bundles, and a narrow paved street in the foreground under a sky filled with sweeping, textured clouds.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B44_223

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Rights managed

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44.1Mb (8.7Mb) / 12.0in x 14.3in / 3600 x 4286 (300dpi)

Keywords

View houses Delft Little Street Street print book illustration facades several houses street small alley woman bent washbasin open doorway house right doing needlework sidewalk front left two children playing printmaker Willem Steelink Ii Netherlands painting Johannes Vermeer printer person Roeloffzen & Hübner publisher Holkema & Warendorf Van Amsterdam 1888 - 1891 paper chine collé etching drypoint height 347 mm x width 253 mm detailed black white etching street scene showing facade tall brick building multiple windows small panes wooden shutters arched window detail doorway seated figure partially visible inside adjacent lower buildings steep roofs chimneys ivy foliage climbing side dark arched entrance leading passage bench pavement folded cloth bundles narrow paved foreground under sky filled sweeping textured clouds