# Isaac Sweers, Vice Admiral of the Admiralty of Holland and West Friesland

- By: Rombout Verhulst (Mechelen, 1624–1698)
- Date: 1673 - 1674
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: height 53 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2016-102-1--e467d4d1a0c1b8ab4f78cf8184de4031)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/eTQVz/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.