The Tomb of Michiel de Ruyter in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam

The Tomb of Michiel de Ruyter was painted by Emanuel de Witte in 1683 as a commemorative work for the deceased admiral Michiel de Ruyter. It entered the collection of Jan Coenraad de Ruyter de Wildt, a descendant of the admiral, before being acquired by the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum, where it remains on display in hall 2.15.

The painting is held by the Amsterdam Museum and is listed in its collection under the inventory number not specified in the provided sources. It has been displayed in hall 2.15 within the museum. The work was created in 1683 by Emanuel de Witte and remains part of the museum's religious art holdings. It was formerly owned by Jan Coenraad de Ruyter de Wildt.

Emanuel de Witte painted The Tomb of Michiel de Ruyter in 1683, a religious work depicting the memorial of Michiel de Ruyter in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk. The painting, executed in oil on canvas, measures 123.5 cm by 105 cm and belongs to the religious art genre. It is held in the collection of Jan Coenraad de Ruyter de Wildt and is displayed at the Amsterdam Museum in hall 2.15.

Scholarship situates the work within de Witte's broader religious oeuvre and as part of 17th-century Dutch commemorative practices.

Emanuel de Witte’s 1692 oil on canvas records the interior of Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk as it appeared around the tomb of the celebrated naval commander Michiel de Ruyter. The composition frames a vaulted nave lit by daylight through narrow stained‑glass windows, drawing attention to a raised monument beneath an ornamental canopy, surrounded by clergy and mourners.