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Biscuit porcelain bust of a long-haired middle-aged man in armour, with a cravat at the neck above a chain and pendant medallion, on a pedestal in the form of a fluted column with a moulded spreading base.
Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter (1607 - 1676), Dutch Admiral who sailed up the Medway to attack the English fleet at Chatham in 1667, and was mortally wounded in action against the French in 1676. After a posthumous portrait by Jan Mauritz Quinkhard (1688 - 1772) engraved by Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780).
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30105
Creation/Production
Loosdrecht
Quinkhard, Jan Mauritz.
Date: 1780-1784
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 23.4
Length
(cm): 9.9
Width
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 9
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case D
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