 Like contemporary developments in England, Dutch Palladianism is marked by sobriety and restraint.The architecture of the first republic in Northern Europe was meant to reflect democratic values by quoting extensively from classical antiquity.It found its impetus in the designs of Hendrick de Keyser, who was instrumental in establishing a Venetian-influenced style into early 17th-century architecture through new buildings like the Noorderkerk ("Northern church", 1620–1623) and Westerkerk ("Western church", 1620–1631) in Amsterdam.