Packet 2: Tossup 14

In a painting set in this city, an inscription above a brick archway asserts that those who “wish to repair to patience and meekness” must “first descend [...] to be raised.” A “Musical Instrument Seller’s Stall” (15[1])in this city (15[3])appears in a painting with a (15[1])foreshortened viola da gamba (15[1]-5[1])in (15[1])its foreground. (15[2])A (15[1])painting of a goldfinch by a member of this city’s (15[2])namesake (-5[1])“School”, (15[2]-5[2])(*) Carel (-5[4])Fabritius, (-5[3])is one of his few (10[1])works not to be destroyed in the explosion in this city that killed him. (10[4])The empty bell tower of this city’s New Church appears across (-5[1])the River Schie (10[1]-5[1])(“skee”) in a 1661 “View of” (10[1])it. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this (10[1])Dutch city (10[1])home to (-5[1])Jan (10[1])Vermeer. (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[11])

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