The Nieuwe Kerk in Delft with the Tomb of William the Silent

It is interesting to compare this painting with Houckgeest’s painting of the same view in the Mauritshuis, The Hague. The man and boy on the left and a couple and child in front of the tomb were adopted from Houckgeest but are now less distant and isolated. The figures in the centre have become a second family with a young servant and greyhounds, one of them catching the other dog’s attention and a brilliant fall of light. The architectural motifs are obviously derived from Houckgeest.