# Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WITTE, Emanuel de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

The two dogs draw attention to the grown men, one obviously aged; between them and the innocent youths, a lifetime may be measured. The irreverent dog spotlighted by the column is meant to be amusing \(sextons routinely chased them out of churches throughout the Netherlands.

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- [A Sermon in the Oude Kerk, Delft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/a-sermon-in-the-oude-kerk-delft-raacb0911f36806>)
- [Church Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/church-interior-rc0c545b4c982bf>)
- [Interior of a Baroque Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-a-baroque-church-r355ecbd131c8ce>)
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- [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-a-protestant-gothic-church-detail-r1586095f6bf3c7>)
- [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-a-protestant-gothic-church-r0604b84ec4c709>)
- [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-a-protestant-gothic-church-r70cec56cf05777>)
- [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-a-protestant-gothic-church-reaa7c0a6043f82>)
- [Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witte-emanuel-de-r0cd13bafeac005/interior-of-the-nieuwe-kerk-in-delft-re0fca8d8523242>)

## Attribution

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