Owing to its agreeable sunlit positron and picturesque skyline the environs immediately surrounding the Delft Kolk represented in Vermeer's View of Delft was painted, drawn, mapped, etched, engraved and photographed many times. Below is a collection of these images in chronological order.
fig. XXSibylla Erythraea
Maarten van Heemskerck
1564
Oiil on oak panel, 123.5 x 75.5 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
comment: The unfinished painting by Van Heemskerck features the first representation of Delft that has survived, as seen from the south side of the town.
In the painting, the bridge has two arches, the western one of which is slightly lower than the eastern one. The slightly curved parapet or wall is in the middle, level with the pillar between the two arches, equipped with a small turret that had a defensive function. In earlier images from the seventeenth century the turret has disappeared. By the end of the seventeenth century it had been removed and replaced by a gate.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Maerten-van-Heemskerck-De-sibylle-erythraea.jpg
fig. XX Map of Delft, with Scale in Rods, and Compass Rose (Design of the fortification of the city, ordered in 1573–1574 by Marnix van Sint Aldegonde)
1573
Pend, brush and color on paper, 35.2 × 47.5 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: A design of the defenses of Delft which show the city walls, the ramparts and gates. Indicated are: Haechsche Gate, Duijvelsgat, Oostpoort, Suijtpoort, Watersloorpoort. The street plan is not indicated. Text on the reverse: Affteeckeninghe vanden stadt Delft.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=7-2&id=41997530&index=0
fig. XXMap of Delft, with Scale in Rods, and Compass Rose (Design of the fortification of the city, ordered in 1573–1574 by Marnix van Sint Aldegonde)
1573
Pend, brush and color on paper, 35.2 × 47.5 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: Detail of the Suijtpoort (South Gate) showing the fortifications of Delft. Note the earthe rampart (in green) which would be removed to create a more funtional and deeper harbor to favor increasing water traffic.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=7-2&id=41997530&index=0
fig. XX DELFT. Delpium urbis Hollandia [...] (detail of the Suijtpoort (South Gate)
From: Belgicae sive Inferioris Germaniae Regionum Descriptio
Ludovico Guicciardini
1613
Copper engraving, 22.7 × 31.2 cm.
comment: The map includes the town's four extant gates: Suijtpoort, the Haechpoort, Dat duijvelsgat and Die Oostpoort.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=8-2&id=42019707&index=0
fig. XX Delft, from
Topographia Germaniæ Inferioris
Publisher: Frankfurt am Main; Bey Caspar Merian
Engraved by Matthäus Merian
1642
comment: The
Topographia Germaniæ Inferioris shows the city walls, ramparts, moat and gates of Delft as well as a few of the town's principal landmarks.
https://archive.org/details/topographiagerma00zeil_0/page/n345/mode/2up
fig. XX Delft, from
Topographia Germaniæ Inferioris
Publisher: Frankfurt am Main; Bey Caspar Merian
Engraved by Matthäus Merian
1642
comment: The
Topographia Germaniæ Inferioris shows the city walls, ramparts, moat and gates of Delft as well as a few of the town's principal landmarks. This detail shows the Kolk.
https://archive.org/details/topographiagerma00zeil_0/page/n345/mode/2up
fig. XX The Sheidam Gate and the Zuidwall
Jan van Goyen
1644
Black chalk, with grey wash, 14.4 x 26.4 cm.
The British Museum, London
comment: A windmill, the Burgundian Tower, the Sheidam Gate and Zuidwall, which has pointed Renaissance turret not seen in Vermeer's painting.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1884-0726-35
fig. XXThe Northwest Side of the Rotterdam Gate at Delft in Winter
Simon de Vlieger
c. 1645–1650
Black chalk, brush and gray ink on paper, 14.8 x 23.3 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
fig. XX Night Ferries to The Hague, Delft and Leiden
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman
c. 1652–1654
Pen and black ink, brush and gray ink; framing line in brush and black ink, by the artist; incised for transfer, 14.5 × 25.1 cm.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
comment:This drawing by the specialist of marine imagery Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (meaning “sailor” or “seaman” in Dutch), is a fully developed print design, incised for transfer to the printing plate, for the artist’s best-known series, “Verscheyde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam” (“Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam”).
The drawing exhibits Zeeman’s characteristically meticulous rendering of nautical details, particularly the rigging of the sails. As a nocturne, it also demonstrates his sensitive treatment of both natural and artificial light, with areas of untouched paper conveying the moonlight gleaming through the clouds, the glow of lanterns illuminating the figures on the boat, and the reflections on the rippled surface of the water. A liberal application of gray ink establishes the shifting tonalities of the night sky.
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fig. XX The Schiedam Gate at Delft
Jan de Bisschop
1655–1660
Graphite, pen and brush and brown ink, 9.5 x 15.9 cm.
Historisch Museum, Amsterdam
comment: From foreground to the background; the Burgundain tower, the Zuidwal , the Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates. To the right the waters of the Kol with various moored barges. The quay on which the figures walk seems to slope downward from the ramparts, while in Vermeer's painting it appears to be perfectly flat.
fig. XX The Arrival of Charles II Delft, May 25, 1660
Print maker: David Philippe
Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
Jacob Westerbaen
1660
Etching on paper, 41.8 x 46 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
comment: The etching illustrates the arrival of the English king Charles II from Breda in Delft, 25 May 1660 at the Zuidkolk. A large group welcomes the king who arrived in Delft by boat on the quay. In the air putti with the arms of the Republic. In the background the Schiedam and the Rotterdam Gates can be recognized. In the foreground, the Hooikade.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-81.884
fig. XX The Arrival of Charles II Delft, May 25, 1660 (detail)
Print maker: David Philippe
Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
Jacob Westerbaen
1660
Etching on paper, 41.8 x 46 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
comment: The etching illustrates the arrival of the English king Charles II from Breda in Delft, 25 May 1660 at the Zuidkolk. A large group welcomes the king who arrived in Delft by boat on the quay. In the air putti with the arms of the Republic. In the background the Schiedam and the Rotterdam Gates can be recognized. In the foreground, the Hooikade.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-81.884
fig. XX The Rotterdam Gate at Delft
Jan van Kessel
Between 1664 and 1669
Black chalk, pen and gray ink, and gray-brown wash, 17.9 x 24.4 cm.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Antwerp
comment: The Rotterdam Gate and a double-beam drawbridge in front of it.
fig. XXView of the Armamentarium of the State of Holland in Delft
Print maker: Coenraet Decker (attributed to)
Publisher: Pieter Smith (possibly)
Publisher: Arnold Bon (possibly)
Publisher: Pieter Mortier (I) (possibly)
c. 1667
engraving on paper, 18.3 x 27.3 cm.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Comment: In Vermeer's View of Delft the only visible part of the Armamentarium is its red-tiled roof, just to the right of the Schiedam Gate.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=decker&p=6&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=4#/RP-P-AO-11-17,64
fig. XXKaart Figuratief
Published in Delft by Dirck Evertsz. van Bleyswijck
1675–1678
81.5 (82.5) x 124.5 (125.5) cm.
fig. XXKaart Figuratief
Published in Delft by Dirck Evertsz. van Bleyswijck
1675–1678
81.5 (82.5) x 124.5 (125.5) cm.
fig. XX Delft January 36, 1695
Josua de Grave
1695
Pen drawing, 9.0 x 15.2 cm. (drawing in album Rademaker, p. 54.)
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: A view along the south side of Delft showing the Rotterdam Gate in the in the middle ground and the Burgundian tower on the Asvest on the corner. In the middle the Henegouw tower. In the distance, the blades of the Groenmolen.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=19-1&index=4&imgid=41925177&id=41066715
fig. XX View of Delft (after Johannes Vermeer)
Anonymous Dutch artist
18th century
Chalk and pastel on blue paper, 18.4 x 29.1 cm.
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Comment: A view of Delft as seen from the Hooikade most likely after the
View of Delft by Vermeer.
https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/view-of-delft-1
. XX The Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates
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18th century
Pen in black, brush in colors, 18.1 x 27.0 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=11-2&id=42081062&index=0
fig. XX A View of the Schie from the City of Delft
Draftsman: Abraham Rademaker
Engraver: Leonard Schenk
c. 1730
Engraving, 15 x 18.7 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: A view across the Kolk of the Schie, including the building on the Hooikade (center corner) from which Vermeer may have painted the
View of Delft .
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=0-2&id=42054168&index=0
fig. XX A View of the Schie from the City of Delft (detail)
Draftsman: Abraham Rademaker
Engraver: Leonard Schenk
c. 1730
Engraving, 15 x 18.7 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: A detail of a view across the Kolk of the Schie including the building on the Hooikade (center corner) from which Vermeer may have painted the
View of Delft .
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=0-2&id=42054168&index=0
fig. XX The Schiedam Gate and a Part of the Zuidwal
Draftsman: Abraham Rademaker
Engraver: Leonard Schenk
c. 1730
Engraving, 15.2 × 19 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: From left to right; the Zuidwal, Kethel and Schiedam Gate as seen from the Zuidwal with in the background on the right the Kapelbrug and behind it the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=3-2&id=41983613&index=0
fig. XXA River Landscape with Anglers on a Bank
Attributed to Jan Ten Compe
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Oil on panel, 23 x 29.8 cm.
comment; A view of the Burgundian tower with a double-beam draw bridge as seen from the east. The Groenmolen in the distance.
fig. XX The Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates
Draftsman: Abraham Rademaker
Engraver: Leonard Schenk
c. 1730
Engraving, 88 x 120 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment:
View of the city from the Hooikade with the Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates. The most important buildings are indicated with a text. On the far left the outer vest and wood gardens. On the right the ship-making workshop. The foreground Hooikade is populated by spectators, boats sail on the Schie and Kolk for pleasure and trade. Larger ships are moored at the Zuidwal quay. The unusual width of the view allows the observer to see the Groenmolen and the double-beamed drawbridge to the extreme left.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=20-1&id=40903784&index=0
fig. XX View of the Schie
H. Scheurleer
1762
Etching/ engraving on paper, 25.2 x 40.8 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: View of the Schie, seen from the southern Kolk in Delft towards Rotterdam. Several ships in the water, including a sailing ship that fires (salute) shots in the foreground.The foreground figures and are standing on the 't Hooft. the scene the title and dedication in the Netherlands and French, with in the middle the coat of arms of Johan Hendrik van der Does.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=7-2&id=42009337&index=0
fig. XX View of the Schie (detail)
H. Scheurleer
1762
Etching/ engraving on paper, 25.2 x 40.8 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: View of the Schie, seen from the southern Kolk in Delft towards Rotterdam. Several ships in the water, including a sailing ship that fires (salute) shots in the foreground. Below the scene the title and dedication in the Netherlands and French, with in the middle the coat of arms of Johan Hendrik van der Does.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=7-2&id=42009337&index=0
fig. XX The Foundation of the Vrijdrouwe van Renswoude
Hendrik Thier
1762
Brush drawing, 16.6 × 24.3 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Foundation of the Free Lady of Renswoude, founded by the will of Maria Duyst van Voorhout. This institution, which had homes in Delft, The Hague and Utrecht, provided the training of gifted orphans in the liberal arts. The Van Renswoudehuis in Delft was built in the period 1756–1759 at Oude Delft 49, where the foundation remained until 1923, with an interruption from 1803–1843.
The Kethel and Schiedam Gate can be seen in the background.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=9-2&id=42010709&index=0
fig. XX The Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates seen from the Hooikade with the Groenmolen on the left with Various Ships on the Kolk
Isaac van Haastert
1770
Pen in brown, brush in gray, 15.9 × 20.8 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Zuidwal with the Groenmolen on the Kethelstraat on the left in the foreground, and the Rotterdam and Schiedam Gates in the background.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=0-2&id=42082477&index=0
fig. XX The Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates seen to the North
Draftsman: Isaac van Haastert
Engraver: Georg Leopold Hertel
c. 1770
Engraving, 15.7 x 20.6 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates seen toward the north in the foreground, on the left the Groenmolen on the Kethelstraat and in the background the mill on the Austrian tower.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=1-2&id=42036245&index=0
fig. XX View of the he Ammunition Warehouse
Draughtsman: Isaac van Haastert
Engraver and Publisher: Georg Balthasar Probst
c. 1780
Engraving after drawing, 27.7 x 41.0 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: A view the Delft Ammunition Warehouse as seen inside the Rotterdam Gate looking down Lange Geer. To the left, Oude Delft.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=8-2&id=42002615&index=0
fig. XX The City of Delft from the Road along the Canal to Rotterdam
Maas van Altena
c. 1790
Brush in gray, 7.8 x 10.1 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The city of Delft seen from the south with the Schie in the foreground and the towers of the Oude Kerk and the Nieuwe Kerk in the background. The Groenmolen is the first windmill to the left. Below the image the coat of arms of Delft.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=6-2&id=42016514&index=0
fig. XX Burgundian Tower in Delft
G.Th. Delemarre
c. 1800
Pen in black, brush in gray, 10.6 x 18.2 cm .
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Burgundian tower seen from the Zuidwal with in the background the Groenmolen on the Kethelstraat.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=1-2&id=41990116&index=0
fig. XX View of the Schie
Gijsbertus Craeyvanger
c. 1825–1835
Lithograph, 13.3 x 18.8 cm.
Private collection
comment:
A view across the Kolk from Zuidwal. In from which Vermeer may have painted the
View of Delft is the large building with two chimnies on the Hooikade. To the lower left is the 't Hooft. The Schie recedes to the background.
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/191918
fig. XX The Kethel Bridge
c. 1800
Anonymous Dutch
Drawing, pencil, brush in gray. 10.6 x18.2 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Kethel Bridge on the Zuidwal seen from the north with a part of the Burgundian tower on the foreground left and the Houttuinen on the right.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=16-2&id=41990103&index=0
fig. XX The Delft Schie seen from the Zuidwal
Anonymous
c. 1830
Pencil and brush in water colors, 17 × 29.3 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Delft Schie seen from the Zuidwal to the south with the buildings on the Hooikade on the right, and the Scheepmakerij on the left. The buidling where Vermeer may have painted the
View of Delft is the large building with two chimnies. The 't Hooft in the lower left-hand corner.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=14-2&id=42041499&index=0
fig. XX The Delft Schie seen from the Zuidwal (detail)
Anonymous
c. 1830
Pencil and brush in water colors, 17 × 29.3 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Delft Schie seen from the Zuidwal to the south with the buildings on the Hooikade on the right, and the Scheepmakerij on the left. The buidling where Vermeer may have painted the
View of Delft is the large building with two chimnies. The 't Hooft in the lower left-hand corner.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=14-2&id=42041499&index=0
fig. XX View of the Zuidwal with Two Barges in front of Hotel Belleveue
Christiaan Bos
c. 1860
Chromolithography
City Archives of Delft, Delft
fig. XX Article in the
Delftsche Courant about the fire that broke out in the building where Vermeer painted the
View of Delft
Delftsche Courant (detail)
1879, January 8
translation: At one hour this night a fire broke out here in the building at the Zuideinde, traditionally known under the name of "de Stads Herberg", inhabited by the owner v. Z. and four other families.
The fire was immediately so fierce and immediately spread to such an extent that the residents had difficulty in saving themselves without being able to save anything, at least very little, of their belongings, which was especially a major disaster for three of the families, together ten people, as the belongings of these families were not insured against fire damage.
The building was almost completely destroyed by fire within two hours, leaving little more than its bare walls. We learn that the skipper of a vessel lying ashore in front of the house, whose attention was drawn by the thick smoke that rose from the roof, awakened the occupants, who were all in bed, in time. The cause of the disaster appears to be unknown.
Six of the seven fire sprayers used watered.
https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&query=%28Delftsche+Courant+%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2208-01-1879%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2208-01-1879%22%29&redirect=true&identifier=MMKB08:000114776:mpeg21:p001&resultsidentifier=MMKB08:000114776:mpeg21:a0016&rowid=1
fig. XX View of the Schie River, Delft
Henri de Louw
c. 1885
Photograph, 10 x 14 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: The Provinciale Vaart with sailing ships near the Asvest on the right with a part of the Henegouw tower, the building with plastered facades and a gabled roof. Left the Hertog Govertkade, looking west. In the background the Groenmolen without blades on the Kethelstraat and the Rotterdam Gate.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=3-2&id=41124381&index=0
fig. XX Delft, January 7, 1879
Cornelis Ouboter van der Griendt
1887, July
Pen in black and brush in colors, heightened, 24.7 × 32.1 cm.
Delftsche Courant January 8, 1879
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: Fire in the Stads Herberg at the Zuideinde on the night of January 7, 1879. The inn was inhabited by owner Van Z. and four other families. A skipper managed to warn the residents. Of the seven fire engines, six provided water, but nevertheless the inn burned out completely in two hours. Right the Hooikade.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=0-2&id=42041426&index=0
fig. XX Delft and the Schie
Paulus van Liender
c. 1890
Aquatint in colors, 24.4 × 39.8 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment:
View of Delft with the Schiedam and Rotterdam Gates as seen from the Hooikade. On the right the Scheepmakerij and in the background the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk. Various ships in the water of the Kolk. On the Hooikade there are people with barrels and a horse.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=21-2&id=42082260&index=0
fig. XX Bridge at the former Rotterdam Gate in Delft
Henri de Louw
1892, July
Photograph, 29 x 49 cm.
City Archives of Delft, Delft
comment: Demolition of the Rotterdam Gate bridge with the wooden auxiliary bridge in the background. On the right the Oude Delft, in the middle the Groenmolen on the Kethelstraat and on the left the Hooikade.
https://zoeken.stadsarchiefdelft.nl/detail.php?nav_id=1-2&id=41917559&index=0
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