60 PIETER JANSZ. The subtle art of the architectural painter Pieter Saenredam records and immortalizes SAENREDAM the historic edifices of his native Holland, primarily its churches. He depicted some Dutch, 1597­1665 churches, such as Saint Bavo in Haarlem, repeatedly and from various vantage points. The Choir and North Ambulatory Among the most symmetrical and balanced of his depictions of Saint Bavo's interior, of the Church of Saint Bavo, Haarlem this large, nearly square drawing takes in a deep vista, stretching from the Brewers' Chapel on the south side of the church across the side aisles and nave and terminating Red chalk, graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor, the outlines in the Christmas Chapel, directly opposite. Known as a construction drawing, this is a indented for transfer (recto); rubbed one­point perspective rendering made in the studio, based on a study done on the spot with black chalk for transfer (verso) in October 1634 (Haarlem, Municipal Archives). 37.7 x 39.3 cm (14 13/16 x 15 7/16 in.) Cat. II, no. 105; 88.GC.131 The Museum's drawing exemplifies Saenredam's meticulous process of creating a finely tuned, harmonic spatial complex, whose sense of balance is heightened by calm sunlight suffusing the whole. He appears to have begun by making a series of vertical and horizontal ruled graphite lines that, among other things, regularize the relationships among various architectural elements and establish a central vertical axis on which he placed the vanishing point, clearly visible between the figures at the bottom. He then elaborately finished the sheet in pen and ink, wash, and watercolor. Saenredam inscribed the right­hand pier, recounting that he made the drawing in November 1634 and finished the painting after the drawing on October 15, 1635. The painting based upon the Museum's drawing, which contains still further alterations, is in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw. DUTCH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS 75