The Tomb of William the Silent in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, 1651 Gerard Houckgeest 1600 1661 Netherlands Dutch Holland


In the Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, in the city of Delft, some visitors are looking at the tomb of William of Orange, the Father of the Fatherland. Our view of the monument is obstructed by the large white column bearing seventeenth-century graffiti.


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