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Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft  1650

by Emanuel de Witte

De Witte's earliest architectural views, like this one, borrow compositional ideas from his fellow Delft artist Gerard Houckgeest (ca. 1600–1661) but treat the Gothic church interior less in terms of solid forms than of space, light, and mood. In stressing these intangible qualities De Witte suggests a spiritual environment and also anticipates the optical approach of Joha...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art