Isaac Sweers, Vice Admiral of the Admiralty of Holland and West Friesland
Also titled Isaac Sweers, vice-admiraal van de Admiraliteit van Holland en West-Friesland
Rombout Verhulst (Mechelen, 1624–1698)
1673 - 1674
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- bust
- Dimensions
- height 53 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
After Vice Admiral Sweers (1622-1673) had been killed in the naval Battle of Kijkduin, he was honoured with a stately tomb. This terracotta bust is the model of the marble portrait for that monument in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Its maker, Rombout Verhulst, left it to Baron Jacob van Wassenaer. The latter ordered the pedestal around 1700, giving rise to a personal tribute to the naval hero.
