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Portrait of Baron Willem Joseph van Ghent
Rombout Verhulst1672 - 1676
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lieutenant-Admiral Willem van Ghent was fatally wounded by English fire during the Battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672. He was 46 years old. The outcome of the battle against a joint English and French fleet was indecisive. Van Ghent was buried in the Domkerk in Utrecht. This death mask is a study for his tomb, which Rombout Verhulst completed in 1676.
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- Title: Portrait of Baron Willem Joseph van Ghent
- Creator: Verhulst, Rombout
- Date Created: 1672 - 1676
- Physical Dimensions: terracotta
- Subject Keywords: maritieme geschiedenis, Gendt, Willem Joseph baron van
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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