The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a Sermon

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Bathed in an atmospheric light that is characteristic of de Witte, even the dog in the foreground seems to be listening to the preacher on the pulpit. The city of Amsterdam employed people to keep dogs out of churches, but judging from how common they are in seventeenth-century paintings of church interiors, this was not always successful.

Light is also a key feature of the stained glass in the lower row of windows. The scene on the bottom half shows the Four Evangelists – Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – seated around a table with their attributes. An angel approaches them; above its wings, clouds open to reveal a heavenly golden glow that is enhanced by the natural light coming through the window.

The small organ mounted on the wall to the right of the stained glass was in reality placed on the other side of the nave of the Oude Kerk, but de Witte has included it here to make the view more interesting.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a Sermon

Date

about 1660

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 79.1 x W 63.1 cm

Accession number

NG6402

Acquisition method

Presented by the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander; entered the Collection in 1972

Work type

Painting

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