Delft can still be seen at the pottery factories De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (or Royal Delft) and De Delftse Pauw. The painter Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was born in Delft. Vermeer used Delft streets and home interiors as the subject or background in his paintings. Several other famous painters lived and worked in Delft at that time, such as Pieter de Hoogh, Carel Fabritius, Nicolaes Maes, Gerard Houckgeest and Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet. They were all members of the Delft School. The Delft School is known for its images of domestic life, views of households, church interiors, courtyards, squares and the streets
A Youth with a Jug the boy is similar to that of another painting attributed to Leyster in the Bristol Art Gallery. The painter Frans Hals also made a youthful kannekijker in his "Two laughing boys with mug of beer": A Youth with a Jug A Youth with a Jug is an oil painting currently in a private collection. This painting was first documented as being in the collection of Arthur Kay who published his "Treasure Trove of Art" in 1939, including this "Youth with a Jug" as one of a series on the five senses painted by Judith Leyster. Later the five paintings were