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The Dutch town of Delft emerged as an important artistic centre in the late 1640s, primarily through the works of Johannes Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. During that period the city also sustained a vibrant artistic community that involved a wide variety of very accomplished painters as well as tapestry-makers, silversmiths and faiencers. To the present day Delft is famous for its blue and white porcelain, so-called Delftware. 13 paintings by Vermeer and 11 by De Hooch will be shown with almost 50 works by some of Delft s most accomplished painters, such as Gerard Houckgeest s luminous church interiors, the elegant portraits of Michiel van Mierevelt, Paulus Potter s atmospheric landscapes, Leonaert Bramer s dramatic interpretations of biblical stories and the magnificent flower still lifes by Balthasar van der Ast.