Interior of the Church of St Odulphus at Assendelft, seen from the Choir to the West

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Old Town Hall of Amsterdam

Overall view without frame; Saenredam based this painting on a drawing he had made sixteen years earlier. On the step of the portico, he noted that the dilapidated town hall had in the meantime been destroyed by fire and replaced by a new monumental one (now the Palace on Dam Square). From 1658 this painting hung in the stately chamber of the mayors in the new Town Hall as a memento of the old building. Source: Rijksmuseum [website]; www.rijksmuseum.nl/en (accessed 7/11/2014

Interieur van de Sint Odulphuskerk te Assendelft

Overall view in frame; Saenredam created a sense of space with his consistent use of perspective, in which all the orthogonal lines converge at the same point. This church was special to the painter: not only was he born in Assendelft, but the gravestone of his father, Jan Saenredam, bearing an inscription, can be seen in the right foreground. Source: Rijksmuseum [website]; www.rijksmuseum.nl/en (accessed 7/11/2014

Old Town Hall of Amsterdam

Detail of gentlemen lounging in the loggia; Saenredam based this painting on a drawing he had made sixteen years earlier. On the step of the portico, he noted that the dilapidated town hall had in the meantime been destroyed by fire and replaced by a new monumental one (now the Palace on Dam Square). From 1658 this painting hung in the stately chamber of the mayors in the new Town Hall as a memento of the old building. Source: Rijksmuseum [website]; www.rijksmuseum.nl/en (accessed 7/11/2014