WITTE, Emanuel de
(b. 1617, Alkmaar, d. 1692, Amsterdam)

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft

1650-52
Oil on panel, 48 x 35 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This view was recorded from the southern aisle of the Oude Kerk, looking to the northeast. The space covered by wood vaulting is the Mariakoor (Mary's Choir). The luminous area in the left background, beyond the chandelier, is the Joriskapel (St George's Chapel), where several years later the tomb of Admiral Maerten Tromp was installed against the bare white wall.




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