Rijksmuseum

Interieur van de Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem

Date

1636-04-15

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Saenredam specialized in architectural painting. He studied buildings closely, making detailed drawings of them, which he then reworked into paintings. Here he chose a vantage point from behind an arch, which creates a second framing element. Our gaze is automatically drawn upwards to the old organ, which has a painted scene of the Resurrection of Christ. This is a remnant of the by-then long-abolished Catholic decoration.

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