Mausoleum of William the Silent

Nieuwe Kerk - New Church. Mausoleum of William the Silent (William of Orange). Made by Hendrik de Keyser in 1621, erected by the United Provinces to the memory of Prince William of Orange, The Silent. "The choir of the Nieuwe Kerk ... contains a magnificent Monument by Hendrik de Keyser (1608-19), erected by the United Provinces to the memory of William of Orange. ... The effigy of the prince in white marble lies on a black marble sarcophagus, beneath a canopy supported by four clustered pillars and six isolated columns, all likewise of marble. In the niches of the corner pillars stand four allegorical figures: Liberty is represented with a sceptre, a cap of liberty, and the motto, 'Je maintriendrai piété et justice'; Justice with her scales, beside which is inscribed William's favourite motto, ‘Saevis tranquillus in undis‘; Courage, with a lion‘s hide and a twig of thorn in her hand; Religion, with the Bible in one hand and a miniature church in the other, whilst her foot rests on a corner-stone emblematical of Christ. At the head of the statue is placed a second statue in bronze, representing the prince in full military accoutrement, while at the feet is a bronze figure of Fame, with outspread wings. The dog, on which, in medieval fashion, the feet of the recumbent figure rest, is placed there in memory of the prince's favourite dog, which was the means of saving his life in 1572 when he was attacked at night by two Spanish assassins in his camp at Malines".--Baedeker 1910. DSC_1029p1