Pieter Saenredam

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Pieter Saenredam was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his meticulously rendered, light-filled church interiors and architectural scenes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painter
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1660s
activeYearsStart 1610s
artStyle precision perspective
realism
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1597-06-09
dateOfDeath 1665-05-31
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Saenredam NERFINISHED
father Jan Saenredam NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork architectural painting
church interior painting
painting
genre architectural painting
church interior
givenName Pieter NERFINISHED
inCollection Louvre Museum NERFINISHED
Mauritshuis NERFINISHED
National Gallery, London NERFINISHED
Rijksmuseum NERFINISHED
influencedBy Dutch Reformation church architecture
memberOf Haarlem Guild of St. Luke NERFINISHED
movement Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED
name Pieter Jansz Saenredam NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic accurate linear perspective
emphasis on architectural space over figures
minimalist, whitewashed interiors
notableFor architectural scenes
light-filled compositions
meticulously rendered church interiors
notableWork Interior of St. Bavo, Haarlem NERFINISHED
Interior of the Grote Kerk at Haarlem NERFINISHED
The Interior of the Buurkerk at Utrecht NERFINISHED
The Old Town Hall of Amsterdam NERFINISHED
occupation draughtsman
painter
placeOfBirth Assendelft NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Haarlem NERFINISHED
residence Haarlem NERFINISHED
subjectMatter Dutch civic buildings
Protestant church interiors
technique careful preliminary drawings
measured architectural studies
subtle use of light
workLocation Haarlem NERFINISHED
Utrecht NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Guild of Saint Luke (Delft)
hasMember
Emanuel de Witte ("Pieter Jansz Saenredam")
influencedBy

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