Rijksmuseum

Interieur van de Oude Kerk in Delft

Date

1654

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Gerrit Houckgeest specialized in church interiors and the use of perspective. With great attention to detail, he has here captured how the sunlight, pouring through the stained-glass windows, casts coloured dots on the column in the middle. The painted green curtain is a witty illusionistic device, imitating the 17th-century custom of protecting paintings from light and dust with a curtain.

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