Pieter Saenredam

The Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht

Pieter Saenredam
The Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht

Visible à Salle 15

Here, Saenredam has painted an accurate representation of the mediaeval Mariakerk in Utrecht. It was already in ruins in the seventeenth century and was later demolished. Saenredam had a preference for such old buildings, which he documented in drawings with great precision.

On the edge of the awning, you can read that he completed this painting on 20 November 1659. However, he based it on a drawing he had made on site 23 years earlier, in the summertime.

Détails techniques

Pieter Saenredam
The Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht

Visible à Salle 15

Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, the Openbaar Kunstbezit Foundation and the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1966
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Détails

Informations générales
Artiste Pieter Saenredam (Assendelft 1597 - 1665 Haarlem)
Titre The Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht
Nom de l'objet painting
Numéro d'inventaire 974
Visible à Salle 15
Détails des matériaux et techniques
Technique oil
Matériau panel
Dimensions 44 x 63 cm
Inscriptions
Inscription, signed and dated lower centre, on the pentice: De St Maria kerck tot Utrecht. / P.r Saenredam fecit Ao. 1659. 11/20

Origine

Possibly W.A. Coats; Asscher and Welcker Gallery, London; Douwes Gallery, Amsterdam; Frits Lugt, Maartensdijk, 1927; J.W. Nienhuys, Bloemendaal, 1927; A.M. Nienhuys-Versteegh, Aerdenhout, 1948-1966; purchased with the support of the Rembrandt Association, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, the Openbaar Kunstbezit Foundation and the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1966