Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft

• Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft
• Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with a Trompe l’Oeil Curtain

SK-A-1584

signature and date, bottom centre: ‘GH•i654’

Gerrit Houckgeest specialized in church interiors and the use of perspective. With great attention to detail, he has here captured how the sunlight, pouring through the stained-glass windows, casts coloured dots on the column in the middle. The painted green curtain is a witty illusionistic device, imitating the 17th-century custom of protecting paintings from light and dust with a curtain.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

painter: Gerard Houckgeest (mentioned on object)

1654

olieverf op paneel

height 48.7 cm x width 40.2 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

purchase 1892-06-22

Public domain

…; ? sale, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein Jr (1756-1821, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 1 July 1833 _sqq._, no. 34 (`hoog 4 p. 8 d. breed 4 p. 1 d. [48 x 41 cm] Eene Protestantsche Kerk, van binnen te zien, ter zijde eene kapel met afgesloten hekwerk en beschilderde glazen´), fl. 210, to Engelberts;{Copy RKD.}…; collection W.P. van Lennep, Amsterdam, 1867;{_Tentoonstelling van zeldzame en belangrijke schilderijen van oude meesters_, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Arti et Amicitiae) 1867, no. 80.} by descent to J.F. van Lennep, Amsterdam 1890;{_Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters_, exh. cat. The Hague (Pulchri Studio) 1890, no. 44.} by descent to Margaretha Catharina Messchert van Vollenhoven, née Van Lennep (1815-1891), Amsterdam; her sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 29 March 1892, no. 4, fl. 7,500, to the Vereniging Rembrandt; from which, fl. 8,000, to the museum, June 1892

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200109395