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Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with the Tomb of Vice-Admiral Pieter Pietersz Heijn, c.1650. View of interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft seen from St George’s Chapel, with the tomb of Vice-Admiral Pieter Pietersz Heijn (1577-1629) This marble monument, which is attributed to Pieter de Keyser, was completed in 1638, nine years after the naval hero’s death. A mason is making an inscription to the left of the central column, while to the right of it a gravedigger is talking to a man dressed in black