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Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft
Also titled Interieur van de Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft
Pieter Jansz Saenredam (Assendelft, 1597–1665)
1649-10-02
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- frame: height 70.4 cm x width 95.6 cm x thickness 5.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
Bright, clear light fills this church, in which – as it happens – a sermon is being preached from the pulpit. Saenredam created a sense of space with his consistent use of perspective, in which all the orthogonal lines converge at the same point. This church was special to the painter: not only was he born in Assendelft, but the gravestone of his father, Jan Saenredam, bearing an inscription, can be seen in the right foreground.
