View of Delft

What you see

Delft is seen from across the water, stretched in a horizontal band through the middle of the picture. There are brick walls, red and blue roofs, a large arched gateway, two pointed towers on the right and a pale church tower catching the sun in the distance. In the foreground, on a sandy bank, a handful of people talk near a boat. Above, the sky takes up more than half the canvas.

A dark cloud weighs on the top edge, while sunlight falls on the roofs in the distance and leaves the buildings in front in shade. The water repeats the city in long, still reflections. Notice the two women standing on the bank, and the small dabs of light on the large boat moored on the right.