An imaginaryChurch interior, with a Large Pipe Organ
artist:
Delen (Dirck Van)  church interior.jpg)
school:
Dutch school 17th century
layer & technique:
Oil on oak panel
dimensions:
H.51,1 x W.68,1 cm
signature:
Signed and dated middle left: D VAN DELEN 1631
date:
1631
description:
The same composition, with differences in the staffage, also appears in two works by hans Juriaensz. van Baden (sold in Amsterdam at Christie's 10 november 1997, lot 33, and at Glerum, 8 November 1999, lot 52) (see RKD images)
marks:
on a shield to the right: "Siet toe in tijts"
Translation: "Look well in time"
literature:
T.Trent Blade, The paintings of Dirck van Delen,doctoral diss.,University of Minesota, pag 233,cat.N° 35,reproduced fig.161.