Dirck van Delen, 1630 - Iconoclasm in a Church - fine art print

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A man on a ladder has placed a noose around the neck of a statue of a saint, while below three men stand ready to topple it from its socle. At the right a statue has been brutally hacked in half. In August 1566 fanatic Protestants destroyed altarpieces, statues and sacred vessels used for the Catholic Mass in countless churches throughout the Netherlands. It was a black day in Dutch history, and one rarely depicted in art.

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Interesting facts about the classic art artwork titled Iconoclasm in a Church

In the year 1630 Dirck van Delen created the masterpiece Iconoclasm in a Church. Today, this piece of art forms part of the Rijksmuseum's digital art collection, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. With courtesy of - Rijksmuseum (licensed: public domain).: . Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape and has an aspect ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. Dirck van Delen was a male painter of Dutch nationality, whose art style can primarily be classified as Baroque. The European artist was born in the year 1604 in Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands and died at the age of 67 in 1671 in Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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