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Ref: sk-a-851
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.
Title: Het middenschip en koor van de Mariakerk in Utrecht
Artist:
Date: 1641
Medium: oil paint (paint); panel
Type: painting
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