Interior of the Church of St Bavo in Haarlem
Also titled Interieur van de Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem
Pieter Jansz Saenredam (Assendelft, 1597–1665)
1636-04-15
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
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.
