Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
(1597-1665)
Das Innere der St. Jakobs-Kirche in Utrecht,
1642
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
55,2 x 43,4 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 19
Acquisition
Aus der Fürstbischöflichen Residenz Würzburg
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Das Innere der St. Jakobs-Kirche in Utrecht, 1642, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/OrLb5o8x1V (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
Unlike the works of his predecessors, Saenredam’s monochrome church interiors, mostly devoid of people, are not fantasy architectural pictures but instead based on perspective studies made on site that he later transferred to scale onto panel.
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