Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft, with the tomb of Pieter Pietersz Heijn (15881629), vice admiral of Holland

The painting was created by Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet in 1650, executed in oil paint on canvas. According to the Wikidata record, it was owned by H.I.A. Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt and is now in the Rijksmuseum collection. No further details of commission, intermediate ownership, or acquisition history are documented in the available sources.

The painting is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, where it carries inventory number SK-C-1337.

It was first recorded in the holdings of H.I.A. Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt before entering the Rijksmuseum collection. The work has been exhibited there as part of the museum’s holdings of Dutch Golden Age interior paintings, including in the 2011 presentation “Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum.”

Around 1650, Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet painted an oil work that records the interior of Delft’s Oude Kerk, focusing on the tomb of the former vice admiral of Holland, Pieter Pietersz Heijn (1588–1629). The canvas, now part of the Rijksmuseum’s holdings, presents a spacious nave lit by natural light, populated by a few worshippers and a small group of men gathered near a dog on the floor.

Oude Kerk, Delft’s oldest church, served both as a parish house of worship and a burial site for notable citizens. By depicting Heijn’s tomb, van Vliet records a specific moment in the church’s history, reflecting the practice of commemorating civic leaders within sacred spaces, a common feature of Dutch urban culture in the early 1600s.