Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with a Trompe l’Oeil Curtain by Unknown artist | saved.works

Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with a Trompe l’Oeil Curtain by Unknown artist

Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with a Trompe l’Oeil Curtain

1654

oil on panel

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A trompe-l'oeil curtain hangs on the right side of a church interior, partially obscuring stained glass windows and architectural details. Several figures are present in the nave and on a raised platform. Gerrit Houckgeest specialized in church interiors and the use of perspective. With great attention to detail, he has here captured how the sunlight, pouring through the stained-glass windows, casts coloured dots on the column in the middle. The painted green curtain is a witty illusionistic device, imitating the 17th-century custom of protecting paintings from light and dust with a curtain.

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curtain dog stained glass window column pulpit trompe-l'oeil one-point perspective shallow space church interior architecture people religious building

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