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Look carefully at the figures and you will see that they do not have reflections. Take the two little girls, and the dog peeing against the post. We can see the image of the post reflecting back from the surface of the canal, but not the dog or the girls. Figures such as these were normally added after the rest of the painting was complete, so it seems that van der Heyden simply forgot to make the adjustment. He certainly considered the painting finished because it was delivered to his clients, the governors of the Westerkerk in Amsterdam – the church in the middle of the painting.
Title
View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam
Date
probably 1660
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 90.7 x W 114.5 cm
Accession number
NG6526
Acquisition method
Bought, 1990
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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