[2] The painting, showing a quiet street, depicts a typical aspect of the life in a Dutch Golden Age town.

[5] He employed red ochre and madder lake for the reddish-brown brick wall, the blue in the sky contains lead white and natural ultramarine.

[8] The research also found that the property on the right in the painting belonged to Vermeer’s aunt, Ariaentgen Claes van der Minne.

[8][9] Further research showed that the buildings and tree behind the house as seen on the painting match with period correct maps of the location.

Also the location of the outlet sewer of the 'tripe' gutter running from the left doorway to the canal is correct in this present day.