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| Title | Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Nickelen (Dutch artist, active 17th) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1660 | |
| Date Latest | about 1699 | |
| Description | Van Nickelen specialised in painting church interiors, almost always choosing St. Bavo's in Haarlem. He was much influenced by the most famous of the Haarlem church painters Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597-1665). Unlike the Delft church painters, the Haarlem artists chose a simple viewpoint and used a limited tonal range comparable to the Haarlem landscape style. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1987P10 | |
| Inscription | front lr (traces of signature) | |
| Subject | interior (St Bavo, Haarlem); religion (church) | |
| Measurements | 49.1 x 41.3 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased from Johnny van Haeften with the aid of the V & A Purchase Grant Fund 1987. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Images of a Golden Age, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1989, cat. no. 79. | |
| Publications | Wright, C., Dutch Painting in the Seventeenth Century: Images of a Golden Age, 1989, no. 79 | |
| Notes | Christopher Wright suggests that this is an early work by Nickelen based on the dependence that can be seen in this work on Saenredam. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |