The Transept of the Mariakerk in Utrecht, Seen from the Northeast, Pieter Jansz Saenredam, 1637

Title(s)

The Transept of the Mariakerk in Utrecht, Seen from the Northeast

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-858

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date, upper left: ‘Pr Saenredam. Pinxit Anno 1637’
• inscription, on the reverse: ‘Pieter [..]enredam [...]ssendelf [...] (N[...] / Harlem 166[.] (Mort) / Eleve de Frans Grebber’ (Pieter [..]enredam [...]ssendelf [...] (N[...] Haarlem 166[.] (Death) Pupil of Frans de Grebber)

Description

Het transept van de Mariakerk te Utrecht, gezien vanuit het noordoosten. Op de voorgrond enkele bezoekers en bedelaars, waarvan sommigen op krukken.

Artist

• painter: Pieter Jansz Saenredam (signed by artist)

Dating

1637

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 58.8 cm × width 44.6 cm
outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

What

• interior of church
• person with a physical disability

Where

• Mariakerk

Acquisition

purchase 1875

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 337-339
• Pieter Saenredam, het Utrechtse werk, Liesbeth M. Helmus, cat.nr. 26
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 82
• Pieter Saenredam, Gary Schwartz, p. 142, 152, 192, cat.nr. 153
• Van schets tot schilderij, Friso Lammertse