# Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft

- By: Pieter Jansz Saenredam (Assendelft, 1597–1665)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-217--ece748ca3c45cc2167022acebca268ca)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/fjTNG/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.