Saenredam, Pieter Jansz

Saenredam, Pieter Jansz

▪ Dutch painter
in full  Pieter Janszoon Saenredam , Saenredam also spelled  Zaenredam  
born June 9, 1597, Assendelft, Neth.
 
buried May 31, 1665, Haarlem
 painter, pioneer of the “church portrait,” and the first Dutch artist to abandon the tradition of fanciful architectural painting in favour of a new realism in the rendering of specific buildings. His paintings of churches show a scrupulous neatness and precision, combined with subtle atmospheric light and tonal unity achieved through the use of silvery white and gray.

      As the son of an engraver, Saenredam presumably began to draw and paint at an early age. While studying under Frans Pieterszoon de Grebber in Haarlem, Saenredam met the great Dutch architect Jacob van Campen, whose architectural drawings may have influenced the young painter. Fine examples of Saenredam's church portraits are the View in the Nieuwe Kerk at Haarlem (1652) and Interior of the St. Cunera Church at Rhenen (1655), which convey a majestic spaciousness and serene atmosphere characteristic of Saenredam's paintings.

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