View of Delft

View of Delft is a horizontal cityscape in which a broad canal and quay occupy the foreground, while a line of red-roofed houses, towers, and church spires recedes along the opposite shore. The calm water mirrors the sky and buildings, and the sky itself is expansive with soft, voluminous clouds, giving the scene a tranquil, reflective quality. The palette combines warm earth tones for the architecture with cool blues for the sky and water, and the painting exemplifies Vermeer’s precise, luminously lit Dutch Golden Age style.