PLATE XX 
Rijksmuseum 
Amsterdam 
A HOUSE IN DELFT 
From the picture by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675). This three-storey house is 
probably very like the one in which Leeuwenhoek lived. The picture shows 
the casement windows, with their leaded panes and wooden shutters, and 
an alleyway leading to the yard at the back (where the well was situated) : 
only the canal in front of the house is not shown below the cobbled 
pavement in the foreground. 
facing p. 125 
