BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz.
(b. 1638, Haarlem, d. 1698, Haarlem)

The Great Market in Haarlem

1693
Oil on canvas, 54 x 64 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The fifteenth-century Church of St Bavo, which became Dutch Reformed after the Wars of Religion, stands at the corner of Haarlem's neat, lively, cobblestone square. This was the site of the great market - the permanent fish stalls wrap around the corner of the Gothic structure.