Titelprent voor de serie van de begrafenisstoet van Willem van Oranje, blad 1

This engraving presents the coffin of William the Silent resting under a canopy within a vaulted church, flanked by a massive display of ancestral heraldry. To the right, an ornate cartouche with scrollwork and floral motifs contains a Latin inscription describing the 1584 funeral event. The work combines architectural documentation with the formal decorative language of late 16th-century Mannerism.

Hendrick Goltzius was a central figure in the Haarlem Mannerist circle, and his commemorative prints for the House of Orange-Nassau helped define the visual identity of the nascent Dutch Republic. This work reflects the period's focus on the public ritual of death and the transition of power, elements central to late Renaissance 'memento mori' culture.