Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter

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Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter

Creator

Rombout Verhulst

Flemish sculptor active in the Dutch Republic (1624–1698) · 1624–1698

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Date
in or after 1677 - in or before 1681
Medium
terracotta (clay material)
Culture
The Hague
Institution
Rijksmuseum

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.

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