Rembrandt van Rijn was buried somewhere under a tombstone in the Westerkerk on October 8, 1669.
The exact location of the grave is unknown; the number of his grave was lost.
It was in a numbered 'kerkgraf' (grave owned by the church).
There is a memorial marker on the north wall, made in 1909 after a model on the 'Nachtwacht'.
After twenty years, his remains were taken away and destroyed.
That was customary with the remains of poor people at that time.
Rembrandt was buried as a poor man.
 Every year on his birthday anniversary, the 15th of July, he is remembered in the Westerkerk with a lunchtime concert with music from the time of Rembrandt's life, and flowers are hung on his memorial marker.

Rembrandt's lover Hendrickje Stoffels was also buried here, as was Rembrandt's son Titus van Rijn.
Other painters buried in the Westerkerk are Nicolaes Berchem, Gillis d'Hondecoeter,  Melchior d'Hondecoeter and Govert Flinck.
Rembrandt van Rijn was buried somewhere under a tombstone in the Westerkerk on October 8, 1669. The exact location of the grave is unknown; the number of his grave was lost. It was in a numbered 'kerkgraf' (grave owned by the church). There is a memorial marker on the north wall, made in 1909 after a model on the 'Nachtwacht'. After twenty years, his remains were taken away and destroyed. That was customary with the remains of poor people at that time. Rembrandt was buried as a poor man.  Every year on his birthday anniversary, the 15th of July, he is remembered in the Westerkerk with a lunchtime concert with music from the time of Rembrandt's life, and flowers are hung on his memorial marker.
Rembrandt's lover Hendrickje Stoffels was also buried here, as was Rembrandt's son Titus van Rijn. Other painters buried in the Westerkerk are Nicolaes Berchem, Gillis d'Hondecoeter,  Melchior d'Hondecoeter and Govert Flinck.
Westerkerk