Bright, clear light fills this church, in which – as it happens – a sermon is being preached from the pulpit.

Saenredam created a sense of space with his consistent use of perspective, in which all the orthogonal lines converge at the same point.

This church was special to the painter: not only was he born in Assendelft, but the gravestone of his father, Jan Saenredam, bearing an inscription, can be seen in the right foreground.