Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft
by VLIET, Hendrick Cornelisz. Van, Oil on canvas, 83 x 66 cm
The painting presents a view of the Oude Kerk from the south aisle looking northeast. This kind of diagonal arrangement was first employed by Gerard Houckgeest in 1650-51. Van Vliet adopted this scheme, but not Houckgeest careful fidelity to specific views in the Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. In the present painting, for example, the proportions of the architecture vary somewhat from those found at the site.