{"product_id":"vermeer-delft-art-journal","title":"Johannes Vermeer Delft Views Journal — The Little Street \u0026 View of Delft Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere are cities that have been painted so often, and so well, that the paintings have become inseparable from the cities themselves. But no city has been painted with the luminous precision and quiet tenderness that Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) brought to Delft. He painted it only twice in surviving works — and yet those two paintings have made his city immortal. \u003cem\u003eThe Little Street\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1658, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) shows a quiet Delft alley: brick façades, white-framed windows, a woman in a doorway, children on the step — one of only three surviving Vermeer cityscapes, transformed by his luminous handling of northern light into something that feels both completely specific and completely universal. \u003cem\u003eView of Delft\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1660–1661, Mauritshuis, The Hague) is the other side of the same vision: a panoramic view of the city across the water, its towers and rooftops reflected in the still canal, bathed in the light of a clearing storm. Marcel Proust called it “the most beautiful painting in the world.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTogether they constitute the most complete portrait of a seventeenth-century Dutch city ever painted — the intimate alley and the grand panorama, the domestic and the monumental, the quiet beauty of a city seen through the eyes of its greatest painter. This journal carries both across its full wraparound cover: \u003cem\u003eThe Little Street\u003c\/em\u003e on the front, \u003cem\u003eView of Delft\u003c\/em\u003e on the back, rendered with the matte precision that preserves every detail of Vermeer’s light.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront cover: Johannes Vermeer, \u003cem\u003eThe Little Street\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1658, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack cover: Johannes Vermeer, \u003cem\u003eView of Delft\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1660–1661, Mauritshuis, The Hague)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt history enthusiasts and Vermeer admirers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravelers to the Netherlands, Delft, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovers of Dutch Golden Age painting and 17th-century art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders of Proust and admirers of the “little patch of yellow wall”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who finds beauty in quiet moments and ordinary streets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beautiful gift for art lovers, museum enthusiasts, and travelers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Paintings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Delft of the Dutch Golden Age, the luminous northern light that Vermeer captured like no other painter, and why Proust dragged himself from his sickbed to see \u003cem\u003eView of Delft\u003c\/em\u003e one last time — \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/johannes-vermeer-little-street-view-of-delft-dutch-golden-age\"\u003eread the full story on our blog →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":62832009511281,"sku":"18759622338456765729","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Johannes_Vermeer_Delft_Views_Journal_at_Dutch_Canal_House_Window.png?v=1774723039","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/vermeer-delft-art-journal","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}