Hendrick van Vliet (1611/12–1675),
• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He is remembered mostly for his church interiors.
• He studied under his uncle Willem van der Vliet • He was admitted to the painters guild in Delft in 1632.
• Before him, architectural painting had been pioneered by Pieter Saenredam, who introduced innovative techniques of perspective.
• By mid century, architectural painting gained great popularity.
• Among the churches painted by Van Vliet are the Pieterskerk (Peter's Church) in Leiden, the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Delft, and the Oude Kerk (Old Church) in Delft (Van Vliet would be buried in the latter in 1675).
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Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet, Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft with the Tomb of Willem the Silent, 1662
Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.
Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet, Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft with the Tomb of Willem the Silent, 1662
Hendrick van Vliet, Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delf, 1660
Original,MET.New York. Visited in 2017-2021.
Hendrick van Vliet, Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delf, 1660
