Vermeer produces transparent colors by applying paint…

Vermeer produces transparent colors by applying paint to the canvas in loosely granular layers, a technique called pointillé (not to be confused with pointillism).

View of Delft, painted around 1660-1661, is among his most popular.

Painted at a time when cityscapes are not commonplace, it is one of three known paintings of Delft by Vermeer, along with The Little Street and the lost painting House Standing in Delft.

The use of pointillé in the work suggests it postdates The Little Street.