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Emanuel de Witte

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a service

I would call this work a ‘Portrait of space’. De Witte was not primarily interested in a scrupulous rendering of the architecture but rather in recreating the feelings and experience of the churchgoer. To achieve this he used every means the space and lighting provided. For instance, De Witte positioned the organ in different paintings of the same church as needed to suit compositional purposes.

Artist Emanuel de Witte
Title Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a service
Date 1678
Technique Oil
Materials Canvas
Dimensions 80.5 x 69.5
Signed & dated Signed and dated at lower left: E.DE Witte Ao 1678

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