A View of the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
1793
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1793
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a tall brick church beside a canal, laundry hanging, people walking, and a woman filling a bucket with water. Prins drew this scene small, on paper, to show everyday life in Delft. The church is real—the Nieuwe Kerk—but the people are just going about their day. He copied the style of Jan van der Heyden, who painted city views a century earlier. Look up *subject: netherlands* to see more quiet Dutch streets like this.
