# Portrait of Jacob van Reygersbergh

- By: Rombout Verhulst (Mechelen, 1624–1698)
- Date: in or before 1671
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 55 cm x width 53 cm x depth 35 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-10557--22512495b58b95ee2f32dbbf239e956e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/aFmxn/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 status of terracotta statuary is not always clear. At times it can be a preparatory sketch, and at others a detailed study for a stone sculpture. Yet it can also be a fully-fledged final product, less expensive than a statue carved in stone. This sensitive portrait of the Zeeland regent Jacob van Reygersbergh was both a model for a marble bust and an independent work of art.