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Paintings and Drawings by the 17th-century Master of Perspective
Edited by Liesbeth M. Helmus
Liesbeth M. Helmus, Arie de Groot, Geraldine van Heemstra, and Michiel C. Plomp
J. Paul Getty Museum
304 pages, 9 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches
97 color and 27 b/w illustrations, 12 drawings
ISBN 978-0-89236-665-1
hardcover, $60.00 
2002
"Excellent."
Los Angeles Times
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Pieter Saenredam (1597-1665) was one of the magical painters of 17th-century Holland, a time known as the Golden Age of Dutch Art. He spent his career immortalizing the churches of Holland in drawings and paintings. Working through a series of perspective drawings to the finished painting, he made innumerable fine adjustments to architectural details to create what may be justly called spaces of wondrous perfection of proportion and luminosity.
Pieter Saenredam, The Utrecht Work is published to coincide with an exhibition of Saenredam's drawings and paintings, originally held at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, and on view from April 16 through July 7, 2002 at the Getty Museum. This elegant volume brings together more than sixty preparatory drawings and paintings depicting the beautiful and historically venerable churches of the ancient Dutch city of Utrecht.
Liesbeth M. Helmus is curator of fine arts prior to 1850, Centraal Museum, Utrecht. Arie de Groot is an architectural historian. Geraldine van Heemstra is paintings conservator, Royal Collection Trust, London. Michiel C. Plomp is associate curator of drawings and prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Not available in Europe, except in the United Kingdom.
Price: $60.00
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