MET acquires Saenredam

February 16 2026

Picture: @adameaker via Instagram

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News on Instagram from the Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Adam Eaker that the museum has acquired Pieter Jansz. Saenredam's depiction of Sint-Pieterskerk in s'Hertogenbosch. The work was acquired with assistance from the ongoing legacy from Jayne Wrightsman and had previously been in the Speelman collection.

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