More likely, it is a copy of the original, which is now lost. Since it is not executed on panel, but on canvas, it is unlikely that it had been made in the time soon after the Great Fire. This map was unusually painted on canvas and represents Delft after the Great Fire, probably caused by lightning, in 1536. Interactive roll-over image map of the geographcial expansion of DelftĪ map of Delft after the Great Fire of 1536 (fig.Interactive roll-over image map of the gates, towers & windmills of Delft.Interactive roll-over image map of Vermeer-related places in Delft.Interactive roll-over image map of Vermeer's View of Delft.Critical assessments of Vermeer's View of Delft.Interactive catalogue entry of Vermeer's View of Delft.Archive of paintings, drawings & photographs of the environs of Vermeer's View of Delft.
