Iconoclasts in a Church
Dirck van Delen · 1630
Why it's great
Rioters climb ladders to smash saints' statues and stained glass inside a church, as Protestants did during the Dutch Revolt of the 1500s. Dirck van Delen painted this scene of church-breaking in 1630.
🏛️ Part of history
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648) — Rioters climb ladders to smash saints' statues and stained glass inside a church, as Protestants did during the Dutch Revolt of the 1500s.
Where to see it
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Dirck van Delen was a Dutch painter born in Heusden in 1605. He specialized in imaginary views of church and palace interiors, and lived for most of his life in Arnemuiden and Middelburg in Zeeland. He died in Middelburg in 1671.
