Word: delft
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...hitherto unrecognized painting by Jan Vermeer of Delft (1632-1675), who is acclaimed by some discerning critics as the greatest painter of all time, has been discovered in Paris. It represents a young boy, half-length, full-face, auburn curls, scalloped collar, yellowish silver-gray jacket, brownish-red cloak. Many connoisseurs had seen the picture but had not suspected its authorship until a dealer, noting the resemblance to Vermeer's charming Young Girl in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, found various other clues, and was corroborated by the leading Vermeer critic...
...Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week Harvard men will have an excellent opportunity of obtaining Antique Brass Goods, Blue and White Delft Ware, Antique Furniture and China, etc., at Lewis J. Bird and Co.'s Auction Sales, 32 Bromfield street, Boston...
...STEWARD, 16 Oxford Street.ON Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week Harvard men will have an excellent opportunity of obtaining Antique Brass Goods, Blue and White Delft Ware, Antique Furniture and China, etc., at Lewis J. Bird and Co.'s Auction Sales, 32 Bromfield street, Boston...
...deep to solve; but the truth remained that every one collects something. Little boys collect birds' eggs; little girls, postage-stamps; theatre-goers, photographs; young ladies collect gentlemen's cards; older gentlemen collect tracts and MSS.; middle-aged ladies have a perfect mania for old lace and delft; and, finally, tradesmen are crazy to collect bills...