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.
After a tree has been cut and felled, the stump or tree stump is usually a small remaining portion of the trunk with the roots still in the ground. Stumps may show the age-defining rings of a tree.The study of these rings is known as dendrochronology.tumps (both those on the ground and stumps of removed branches) are sometimes able to regenerate into new trees. Often, a deciduous tree that has been cut will re-sprout in multiple places around the edge of the stump or from the roots.