![Gerrit Berckheyde - The Interior of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem [1673] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vtsb-HWWKo-Pw5l7ZSawTxJiCtm3nGRYIhHlbe8-_5MCOpDc7GKMhFGhRwdWi3LSCXBvjL0NGFnPw9uk4YrnHnLlonFpG02LyiWi1swoIw9enjVWO-CMN-rC5Uh0FwCw=s0-d)
Gerrit Berckheyde - The Interior of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem [1673], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
This view of the interior of the Grote Kerk or St Bavo, is from the west door, looking towards the choir, and remains much the same today. The choir was built about 1400, the nave after 1470 and the wooden vaulting was erected between 1530 and 1538. The congregation is seated around and facing the pulpit as is the practice in the Dutch Reformed Church. This is the only known dated interior by Gerrit Berckheyde.
Berckheyde was born in Haarlem, and was probably trained by his elder brother, Job. The brothers visited Germany, including Cologne and Heidelberg, where Gerrit worked at the court of the Elector Palatine. In 1660 he became a member of the Haarlem guild of painters and was mainly active there until his death.
[Oil on oak, 60.8 x 84.9 cm]
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