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Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft  1649

by Pieter Jansz Saenredam

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 Assen-delft, but the gravestone of his father, Jan Saenredam, be...
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum