# Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter

- By: Rombout Verhulst (Mechelen, 1624–1698)
- Date: in or after 1677 - in or before 1681
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 35 cm x width 32 cm x depth 30 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-13150--21900870ce65814109195631f133ee96)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/GlNVH/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)

Rombout Verhulst modelled this portrait in clay while he was designing Michiel de Ruyter’s large tomb monument for the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The sculptor thoroughly studied painted portraits of the admiral for this commission. Verhulst kept this modello in his own possession until his death.