# Bust of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez

- By: Jean Antoine Houdon (Versailles, 1741–1828)
- Date: 1786 - 1787
- Medium: marble (rock)
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: height 179 cm x width 73 cm x depth 73 cm x height 90.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-C-2003-3--7ec65eeb73c12d45b0f0fd303147ac3b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/utHoI/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)

The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War broke out in 1780. Britain attacked the Netherlands for supporting the American Revolution. The British besieged Dutch settlements in India and Ceylon, among other places. The diminished Dutch navy called upon the help of its ally, France. The French vice-admiral De Suffren defeated the British fleet in five naval battles.