# The Town Hall at Haarlem with the Entry of Prince Maurits to Replace the Governers in 1618 [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SAENREDAM, Pieter Jansz]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 40 x 50 cm ## Commentary The Town Hall at Haarlem with the Entry of Prince Maurits to Replace the Governers in 1618 c. 1631 Oil on oak panel, 40 x 50 cm Private collection Saenredam's present view depicts the old medieval Town Hall, including the storks' nests on the wooden structures placed for them on the ridge of the roof. The event depicted here took place during the latter stages of the Twelve Years Truce with the Spanish, when the nascent Dutch Republic was riven with internal political and religious strife. The concept and most of the execution of this painting are entirely that of Saenredam, the staffage figures and horses are by Pieter Post. ## Related artworks - [Choir of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem]() - [Interior of Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Choir of Sint-Bavokerk at Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Choir of Sint-Bavokerk at Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Church in Alkmaar]() - [Interior of the Church of St Anne in Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Church of St Odulphus, Assendelft \(detail\)]() - [Interior of the Church of St Odulphus, Assendelft]() - [Interior of the Sint-Bavokerk at Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem]() - [Interior of the Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()