Van Speyk voor het praalgraf van de Ruyter

This painting was intended as an inspiration to Dutch youth. It offered them a model of virtue and encouraged them to respect national heroes from the past. The orphan boy Van Speyk is seen dreaming of heroic deeds. He was to be given his own tomb in the New Church on 4 May 1832.

Van Speyk voor het praalgraf van de Ruyter

This painting was intended as an inspiration to Dutch youth. It offered them a model of virtue and encouraged them to respect national heroes from the past. The orphan boy Van Speyk is seen dreaming of heroic deeds. He was to be given his own tomb in the New Church on 4 May 1832.