At an early age, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam's was exposed to the work of famous artists. His father, an engraver, made copies of works by artists such as Hendrick Goltzius and Abraham Bloemaert. After his father's death in 1607, Saenredam and his mother moved to Haarlem, where he worked for ten years. In 1623 he entered Haarlem's painters' guild. Three years later, commissioned to produce illustratio
