In 1648, mayor Cornelis de Graeff purchased the baptistery on the west side of the Oude Kerk to turn it into a burial chapel for his family. The De Graeff family belonged to the Dutch aristocracy and was one of Amsterdam’s most influential regent families. In the middle of the screen partition for this burial chapel there is a bronze door with laurel wreaths, laurel festoons and ribbons, with cutaways filled with bronze bars in the form of leafy branches with flowers on either side. Cornelis de Graeff commissioned architect Jacob van Campen and sculptor Artus Quellinus to realize the project. De Graeff knew these gentlemen from his time as burgomaster, when they realized commissions at the City Hall (now the Royal Palace) at the Dam.

Period	17th century
Dimensions	H. ca. 300 cm, b. 450 cm
Location	Doopkapel
Materials	Bronze
Number of parts	1