# View of the Tomb of William the Silent in the New Church in Delft [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTE, Emanuel de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 97 x 85 cm ## Commentary De Witte began his career as a figure painter but later he decided to specialise in church interiors. However, even in this genre he continued to exhibit a remarkable interest in the human figure. Here he painted men, women, and children in the vicinity of the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/k/keyser/hendrick/william.html'\)" HREF="/html/k/keyser/hendrick/william.html">impressive tomb of William the Silent.</A> Just as in other church interior paintings by Houckgeest and Saenredam, dogs run around the church. The painters were hereby drawing attention to an everyday situation that sometimes got out of hand. ## Related artworks - [A Sermon in the Oude Kerk, Delft]() - [Church Interior]() - [Interior of a Baroque Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church \(detail\)]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()