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.
post / pÉÊst / n. a length of wood, metal, etc, fixed upright in the ground to serve as a support, marker, point of attachment, etc; either of two upright poles marking the beginning (starting post) and end (winning post) of a racecourse; the finish of a horse race; vb (transitive) (sometimes followed by up) to fasten or put up (a notice) in a public place