Interior of the Oude Kerk at Delft during a Sermon
1651 · Wallace Collection, London
interiorAbout 1650 the most interesting developments in architectural painting took place in Delft, where a new phase began with the church interiors by Gerard Houckgeest, Emanuel de Witte, and Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet. Stylistic affinities with works done during the decade in the city by Carel Fabritius, Pieter de Hooch, an Vermeer are apparent, and Vermeer's own exceptional masterpieces in this branch of painting can be viewed as part of the new movement. In Saenredam's earlier church interiors the line of vision is always at an angle of about 90 to the centre of the nave or to the wall of the building he depicts.
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