Example sentences for: delft

How can you use “delft” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It was in Delft that de Hooch mastered the expressive balance of architectural setting and human character, as in his ambitious A Family in a Courtyard (circa 1657-60).

  • Set in 17 th -century Delft, the "outstanding" (Denise Kersten, USA Today ) novel traces the singular life of a girl working as a servant in the home of painter Jan Vermeer.

  • The short stay in Delft resulted in de Hooch's greatest paintings, and these dominate the Hartford show.

  • In Delft, his art snapped suddenly into focus, with a few figures deployed in sunlit interiors or courtyards, their architectural surroundings meticulously evoked with dazzling tricks of perspective.

  • The pottery style we now know as Delft (after the city to the southeast of Amsterdam) was produced in potteries all across the country during the Golden Age.


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