Grafmonument van Nicolaas (III) van Putten en Aleida vrouwe van Strijen in de Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk te Geervliet 1890 - 1915

This photo captures the Grafmonument van Nicolaas (III) van Putten en Aleida vrouwe van Strijen in the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk te Geervliet and feels like it was made with light. I can imagine the photographer capturing the stillness of a church. I wonder about the person who made this. Did they labor over all the details of the tomb? It feels as though the architecture has a kind of surface awareness, and it’s about shape and volume, rather than trying to say something profound. The tomb looks really ancient and worn, it is not particularly colorful, but more textural. If you look closely, you can see the marks of time and how the surface has degraded. It’s almost like an abstract expressionist painting in its randomness! I think about the way this links to painting – artists looking at art from the past and being inspired to be more expressive and free in their own work.