Click any image to enlarge. Use ← → or close with Esc.
Interior of the Church of St Bavo in Haarlem
Interior of the Church of St Bavo in Haarlem
Dutch Golden Age · 1636
Saenredam surveyed the church meticulously, then painted it whiter, taller, more abstract than the thing itself. A Calvinist church emptied of images — and yet somehow this picture is still, and reverent.