Round 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” in this city appears in a painting with a (15[1])foreshortened viola da gamba in its foreground. (15[1])A painting of a goldfinch by a member of this city’s namesake “School”, (*) Carel (-5[2])Fabritius, is one of his few works not to be destroyed in the explosion in this city that killed him. (10[1])The empty bell tower of this city’s New Church appears across the River Schie (“skee”) in a 1661 “View of” it. For 10 points, name this Dutch city home to Jan (10[1])Vermeer. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Delft [accept The Courtyard of a House in Delft; accept A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall; accept View of Delft]
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