Is View of Delft public domain? Status by country

Worldwide ·

Vermeer's view of his home town, painted around 1660 and kept in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

Where	Status
Worldwide or nearly	Long free

Limits

The painting itself is free everywhere. Faithful photos of it are free to reuse in the US and, since 2019, in the EU, but some museums elsewhere claim rights in their own photos, so use an open-access image or your own. Museum names and logos can be trademarks.

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Our sister site GildPix remakes this painting in modern styles as free 4K wallpapers and Frame TV art: View of Delft, Tomorrow.

Ideas

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Sources

Checked 31 October 2026. Report a correction.

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