Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft
Emanuel de Witte (Dutch, c. 1617–1691/92)
c. 1680
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 62 × 49.2 cm (24 3/8 × 19 5/16 in.); Framed: 80 × 67.6 × 5.7 cm (31 1/2 × 26 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Holland
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Having been stripped of their images and whitewashed by Protestant reformers in the 16th century, the Dutch Republic’s large Gothic churches offered a compelling subject for artists. Emanuel de Witte was one of a small group of painters who specialized in explorations of the light, shade, and volume particular to church interiors. In this painting, executed late in the artist’s career, the organ and genealogical panels honoring the dead (suspended from the ceiling and affixed to the columns) are the only decoration.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
