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Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter
Rombout Verhulst1677 - 1681
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rombout Verhulst modelled this portrait in clay while he was designing Michiel de Ruyter’s large tomb monument for the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The sculptor thoroughly studied painted portraits of the admiral for this commission. Verhulst kept this modello in his own possession until his death.
Details
- Title: Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter
- Creator: Verhulst, Rombout
- Date Created: 1677 - 1681
- Physical Dimensions: terracotta
- Subject Keywords: maritieme geschiedenis, Ruyter, Michiel Adriaansz. de
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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