# Exterior view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KEYSER, Hendrick de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The leading architect of his time in Holland was Hendrick de Keyser, whose Protestant churches represented a building type that soon spread throughout northern Netherlands and the coastal regions of Germany as far as Danzig. The model for these churches was de Keyser&#39;s Westerkerk in Amsterdam, a centrally planned building in the shape of a patriarchal cross \(two Greek crosses connected with each other\). Simplified forms and adoption of the antique order of columns distinguished this architect&#39;s work from the Baroque forms that were still prevalent.

## Related artworks

- [Effigy of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/effigy-of-william-the-silent-re5673c9b3f8fcb>)
- [Justice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/justice-r6efc50b79ff06f>)
- [Liberty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/liberty-r80eec91d157f41>)
- [Man with a Hat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/man-with-a-hat-rb5fd41de457ce2>)
- [Organfront](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/organfront-rc49e9678805741>)
- [Portrait of Vincent Coster](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/portrait-of-vincent-coster-ree38db0f0eaa73>)
- [Tomb of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/tomb-of-william-the-silent-r1bc41fb960e862>)
- [Tomb of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/tomb-of-william-the-silent-rdfbc6ab926247a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)