ID: 700009538 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009538	Record Type: Movable Work
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Groundplan of the Church of Saint John in ’s-Hertogenbosch (architectural drawing (visual work); Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (Dutch, Assendelft 1597–1665 Haarlem...; 1632; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2012.414; )

Note: This drawing is one of only two known architectural plans by the famous Dutch artist Saenredam, best known for his meticulous perspectival oil paintings of churches and church interiors. Numerous preparatory drawings, done at the scene, allowed Saenredam to re-create a specific church interior while working in his studio, sometimes years later. This plan of the Cathedral of Saint John shows an aspect of the artist’s working process—inscribing a pre-drafted plan of the building with detailed measurements from the site. Saenredam’s scrupulous nature comes to the fore in the corrections he made in his inscriptions, indicating where the sketch was misleading and reminding himself to trust the figures rather than the scale of his drawing.

Titles:

Groundplan of the Church of Saint John in ’s-Hertogenbosch (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

architectural drawing (visual work) [300034787] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by subject type>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1632

Creator Display:

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (Dutch, Assendelft 1597–1665 Haarlem) [preferred]

draftsman Saenredam, Pieter Jansz. (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1597-1665) [500115526]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2012.414

Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Paul W. L. Russell, David T. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, and Annette de la Renta Gifts, 2012

Display Materials: pen and brown ink, yellow, grey and red wash, over lead or graphite

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	lead (metal) [300011022]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <lead| lead isotopes| compounds| alloys>)

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: sheet: 13 7/16 x 20 1/8 in. (34.2 x 51.1 cm)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch [700000175]
	.....(Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch [700000175], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Provenance: Matthias Adriaan Snoeck (Dutch); M.W. Snoeck (Dutch); Matthias Adriaan Beelaerts van Blokland (Dutch), ca. 1961; Vendor: Paul W. L. Russell

Inscriptions: Extensively inscribed in pen and brown ink, by the artist: “Dit Is de grootte vande voet. Waer meede Deese kerck is gemeeten. Den 29 Junij 1632.” [This is the size of the foot with which this church was measured on 29 June 1632]; “kapel van ziluere S.t Jan” [Chapel of the silver Saint John]; “onder de Tooren” [under the tower]; “17 ½”; “tvont” [the font]; “16 ½”; “2”; “8”; “6 1/3”; “6”; “23 ½”; “44. voeten” [44 feet]; “8”; “17 ½”; “6 1/3”; “2”; “6”; “9 voet” [9 feet]; “52” [sic] voeten” [52 feet]; “12”; “28 voeten / Nota. Dit is bij Versuijm / te Wijt geteijckent / moet zijn alst getal / Wt Wijst.” [28 feet. Note. This was erroneously drawn too wide; it should be as indicated by the number]; “4 voeten” [4 feet]; “12”; “8”; “9”; “12”; “12”; “9 ½”; “7 ½”; “6”; “20 voeten” [20 feet]; “7 ½”; “23 voet” [23 feet]; “15 ½”; “24 voet” [24 feet]; “22 voet / Lieu Vrous capel” [22 feet / Chapel of Our Lady]; “11 voet” [11 feet]; “43 ½ / Nota. Dit als Bouen meede / naer de cijfer getal.” [43 ½ / Note. This should also correspond to the number given above.]; “Grondt teijckeningh vande. S.t Jans (ofte grootte) kerck. / staenden inde stadt van S’hartoghen bossch. in Brabant” [Groundplan of the Saint John’s (or Great) Church, located in the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch in Brabant]; “450”, “400”, etc., to “150”; “125”; “100”, “90”, etc., to “10”

Marks: At upper right, the collector's mark of Matthias Adriaan Snoeck (Lugt 1919a)

Related Works:

	preparatory for .... Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch [700000171]
	..........painting (visual work); Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (Dutch, 1597-1665); 1646

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Groundplan of the Church of Saint John in ’s-Hertogenbosch	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)