Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish artists painted many views of church interiors, which are popular with collectors. Around 50 will be exhibited in Cassel.
Cornelis de Man (1621-1706), View from the organ loft of the Old Church in Delft, Oil on wood, 62 x 48.5 cm, private collection
The late 1970s. A young French accountant strolling around London stops in his tracks. A dizzying view of pointed arches, delicate, tiny figures and divine clarity – an interior of Antwerp Cathedral by Pieter I Neefs (ca. 1570-1659) – pulls him into the Green Gallery. The small painting – around 20 centimetres – is his first acquisition. Within 40 years,…
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