# The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a Sermon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTE, Emanuel de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 79 x 63 cm ## Commentary In his church interiors painted for patrons who built or maintained the buildings, it is hard to find any reflection of the turbulent life of an artist who was an inveterate gambler with a contentious tendency. De Witte was obliged to use his paintings to settle his debts; left penniless, he took his own life in despair. His canvases are a complete contrast: full of majestic calm, a restrained yet resonant harmony, and a neat rhythm despite a complex linear structure. ## Related artworks - [A Sermon in the Oude Kerk, Delft]() - [Church Interior]() - [Interior of a Baroque Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church \(detail\)]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()