# View of Delft from the Southwest [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VROOM, Hendrick Cornelisz.]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 71 x 162 cm ## Commentary In this heraldic composition Vroom presents a wide-angle view of Delft from west-southwest. The massive Sint Jorispoort commands the centre of the view; the three most prominent towers are those of, from left to right, the Oude Kerk, the Stadhuis, and the Nieuwe Kerk. This canvas, signed and dated lower centre, on wall of inn, is one of the earliest known cityscape paintings. Earlier cityviews are known almost exclusively from engravings and maps. ## Related artworks - [Arrival of a Dutch Three-master at Schloss Kronberg]() - [Battle of Gibraltar]() - [Battle of Haarlemmermeer]() - [Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast in October 1602 \(detail\)]() - [Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast in October 1602]() - [The Arrival at Vlissingen of the Elector Palatinate Frederick V \(detail\)]() - [The Arrival at Vlissingen of the Elector Palatinate Frederick V]() - [The Harbour in Amsterdam]() - [The Return in Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies]() - [View of Delft from the Northwest]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()