The Nave and Choir of the Mariakerk in Utrecht
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| Caption | In the young Dutch Republic only Reformed Protestant services were still held in the former Catholic churches. Statues and paintings of saints were prohibited. The 11th-century Mariakerk preserved the decorations of the piers, which Saenredam here rendered in great detail – even applying gold leaf. At the left visitors look at an image of a bull on one of the piers: according to legend, this column continued to sink during construction until it was grounded on a bull’s hide. Date: 1641. Object ID: SK-A-851. |
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| Creator | Pieter Jansz Saenredam, painter, Noord-Nederlands (1597–1665) |
| Artwork medium | panel, oil paint |
| Credit | Rijksmuseum |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
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