Kees Kaldenbach, Dutch art historian and Vermeer expert, has extensively researched the artist's connections to his hometown Delft. Among other things, he identified the tow barges, freight ships and herring busses that populate the View of Delft and even the specific time of the year which Vermeer represented.
(stÅ­mp) n. 1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled. 2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down. 3. a. stumps Informal The legs.
Sally: You've got me stumped. See also: stump. traveling to different places to speak to people in order to get their political support On the stump in North Dakota, the senator took time out to talk to our reporter. Etymology: based on a politician standing on a stump (cut end of a tree) in order to be seen.