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Emanuel de Witte (1615-92)
Interior of the Oude Kerk,
this time with a Sermon
in Progress (1665).
By Emanuel de Witte.
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Biography
An active contributor to Dutch Baroque Painting (c.1600-80), Emanuel de Witte is famous for his architectural paintings of church interiors, both real and imaginary.
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His status as one of the most talented Dutch Realist artists stems from his grasp of linear perspective and his sense of atmosphere, rather than the flawless architecture of his compositions. This distinguishes him from his older contemporary, the hunchbacked Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597-1665), whose principal focus was the architectural accuracy of his church interiors.
His innovative and dramatic use of light also distinguishes him from the sober, occasionally lifeless, style of Dutch Realism - by more conventi