Painting ID:: 6632
View of the City of Delft dfg 1652
Oil on canvas, 15,4 x 31,6 cm
National Gallery, London
FABRITIUS, Carel Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1622-1654
Painter. His oeuvre consists of a scant dozen paintings, since research has rigorously discounted many previously attributed works. These few paintings, however, document the painter's unique development within his brief 12-year career. He is often mentioned as being the link between Rembrandt and the Delft school, particularly Pieter de Hooch and Jan Vermeer, whose depiction of light owes much to Fabritius's late works in which his use of cool silvery colours to define forms in space marks a radical departure View of the City of Delft dfg 1652
Oil on canvas, 15,4 x 31,6 cm
National Gallery, London
