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Which Delft landmark is illuminated by sunlight in View of Delft?
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Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil on canvas by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665; in the Mauritshuis, The Hague.
In the painting View of Delft, the Delft landmark illuminated by bright sunshine is the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church). This structure serves as the city's symbolic core and is the burial place of the princes of Orange.1