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The Market Place and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem

Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde (1638–1698)

The National Gallery, London

The Market Place and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem

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Gerrit Berckheyde has placed us among the citizens and the most important buildings of his native Haarlem, and a visitor to the market square today would find a view similar to the one in this painting of 1674. The Grote Kerk (Great Church), which is dedicated to Saint Bavo, dominates the composition and is bathed in strong sunlight. To the right of the square, the town’s meat market with its decorated stepped gable stands out among the neighbouring buildings. As a butcher’s son, Berckheyde would have been quite familiar with this mercantile institution. The colonnaded portico of Haarlem’s town hall takes up the right side of the townscape, and Berckheyde placed his signature on the base of the corner column.This painting emphasises Haarlem’s religious, political and commercial functions, and the city’s inhabitants gathered on the square literally live their lives between these institutions, adding a layer of subtle symbolism.

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Title

The Market Place and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem

Date

1674

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 51.8 x W 67 cm

Accession number

NG1420

Acquisition method

Bought, 1894

Work type

Painting

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Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde

1638–1698

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