Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft

Pieter Jansz Saenredam (signed by artist), 1649-10-02

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-217
  • Dimensionssupport: height 49.6 cm x width 75 cm, frame: height 70.4 cm x width 95.6 cm x thickness 5.7 cm, sight size: height 49 cm x width 73.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft
    • Interior of the St. Odulphuskerk in Assendelft, Seen from the Choir to the West

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-217

  • Description

    Interieur van de Sint-Odulphuskerk te Assendelft, gezien vanuit het koor naar het westen, tijdens een kerkdienst. Rechts de predikant op de preekstoel. Rechtsop de voorgrond in de vloer de grafsteen van Jan Saenredam, de vader van de schilder.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, centre right, along the upper edge of the tomb: ‘dit is de TOMBE ofte begraefplaets vande heeren tot assendelft.’
    • signature and date, lower left, on the pew in the choir: ‘dit is de kerck tot Assendelft, een dorp in Hollandt, van / Pieter Saenredam, dese geschildert int jaer 1649. den 2. October’
    • inscription, lower right on the tombstone: ‘Iohannis Saenredam / sculptoris celeberrimi. / Petri de Ionge XLIV annos Assendelphi / praetoris. / Gerardi de Ionge filii I.V.D. et advocati. / Iacet hic quod fvit.’
    • inscription, centre right, along the lower edge of the tombe: ‘dit is [...] kerck Assendelft [...] in hollan [...] / Saenredam 1649 volschildert’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Pieter Jansz Saenredam (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1649-10-02

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 49.6 cm x width 75 cm
    • frame: height 70.4 cm x width 95.6 cm x thickness 5.7 cm
    • sight size: height 49 cm x width 73.6 cm

This work is about

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  • Place

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; sale, J.V.D.H. (†), Zoeterwoude, near Leiden (P. de Bruyn), 11 September 1776, no. 79 (‘P. Saenredam, 1649, 2 October. De Kerk te Assendelft van binne te zien, terwyl ’er gepredikt word voor eenige Toehoorders, benevens de Tombe of Begraavplaats vande Heeren tot Assendelft, [...] op penneel, hoog 19½, breet 29 duim’ [50 x 74.5 cm]);...; sale, Jeronimo de Bosch III (1740-1811), Amsterdam (J. Yver et al.), 6 April 1812, no. 51 (‘De Kerk te Assendelft van binnen. [...] door P.J. Saenredam. Hoog 20, breed 29 duim [51.4 x 74.5 cm.] Paneel’), fl. 131, to the dealer Jeronimo de Vries, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom, fl. 600, to Adriaan van der Hoop, Amsterdam, 17 January 1848;{Van der Hoop _Lijst_, p. 38, no. 235: ‘Van den Heer J:o de Vries overgenomen eene voorstelling van de kerk te Assendelft, door P. Saenredam; en is dit Schilderij geteekend door hem, met het jaartel 1649, zijnde zeer helder en fijn uitgewerkt; voor de Som van ... 600’.} by whom bequeathed to the City of Amsterdam with the rest of his collection, 1854;{Van der Hoop _Taxatie_ 1854, p. 2, no. 235: ‘Gezigt in de kerk te Assendelft, fl. 100’.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam to the museum since 30 June 1885 {Provenance reconstructed in Pollmer 2004, p. 172, no. 154.}

Documentation

  • Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).

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