Pieter Saenredam

The Interior of the Cunerakerk in Rhenen

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Pieter Saenredam
The Interior of the Cunerakerk in Rhenen

1655 On view in Room 15

The Haarlem painter Saenredam specialised in Dutch church interiors. He based his paintings on precise drawings that he made on site. In several different towns, he visited impressive old churches, such as the Gothic St Cunera Church in Rhenen.

There is a sense of great tranquillity in the space. This is created by Saenredam’s clear way of working, the even lighting and the well-balanced composition.

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Pieter Saenredam
The Interior of the Cunerakerk in Rhenen

1655 On view in Room 15

Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, 1951
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Details

General information
Artist Pieter Saenredam (Assendelft 1597 - 1665 Haarlem)
Title The Interior of the Cunerakerk in Rhenen
Dated 1655
Object name painting
Inventory number 888
On view in Room 15
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material panel
Dimensions 50 x 68.8 cm
Inscriptions
Signed, dated and inscription lower centre, on the tomb stone: reensche kerck / Pieter Saenredam dit met schilderen volleijnt den / 30 april 1655

Provenance

Carl von Aretin, Schloss Haidenburg, Munich, 1887 (sale Munich, Maurer, 15 November 1887, lot 118, to Ferdinandeum); Ferdinandeum Museum, Innsbruck, 1887-1938 (inv. no. GEM 679; cat. 1928, no. 679); exchanged for a portrait of Anna of Hungary by Hans Lamer at St Lucas Gallery, Vienna, 1938; sale Vienna, Dorotheum, 8-9 November 1938; Walter Feilchenfeldt Gallery/Cassirer Gallery, Zürich; acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, 1951 (63,000 guilders)