Geschilderd raam in de Slotkapel Egmond te Egmond aan den Hoef 1907

This photograph shows a painted window in Slotkapel Egmond, but we don't know for sure when it was made. The image reduces this grand architectural feature to a study in tonal contrasts. I’m drawn to the way the light filters through the glass, creating a soft, diffused glow. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but I wonder if you can see the individual brushstrokes or the texture of the glass up close? I imagine the artist carefully layering the paint to achieve the desired effect, creating a kind of luminosity. The window itself is a grid which is echoed in the smaller grid of the individual pieces of glass which make up the painting. It makes me think of Agnes Martin, and how her grids create a space for quiet contemplation. Like Martin, the artist embraces a kind of reductive approach, stripping away unnecessary details to reveal the essential form. It's in this simplicity that the work finds its power, inviting us to slow down and appreciate the beauty of imperfection.