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Object Type
Museum number: P,6.245
Title: Object: Michiel de Ruyter L. Admirael generael etc
Description: Portrait of Dutch Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter; half-length frontal, facing the viewer; standing next to a canon, with his left hand on his sword and holding a batton in his right; in the background a view at sea with ships; third state; after Ferdinand Bol Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Hendrik Bary; After: Ferdinand Bol; Published by: Carel Allard
School/style
Production date: 1673
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 415 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 321 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The original painting by Ferdinand Bol, was painted in six versions in 1667. Known locations of four of the portraits are: Het Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam, inv.no.1991.0210; Het Mauritshuis, The Hague, inv.no.585; The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (London), inv.no.BHC2997; Het Westfries Museum, Hoorn, inv.no.02121.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (67.III); Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders (4622); Wurzbach 1906-11 / Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon (53)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Pierre Mariette II (signed and dated 1660, and 1693 on verso); Previous owner/ex-collection: Joseph Gulston (with his number N.9441 in pen)
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: P,6.245

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