Model for the tomb of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp
Also titled Model voor het praalgraf van Maerten Harpertsz Tromp
Rombout Verhulst (Mechelen, 1624–1698)
1654
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material), oak (wood)
- Classification
- model
- Dimensions
- height 125 cm x width 104 cm x depth 40 cm (total)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
In his design for the tomb of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp, Rombout Verhulst chose to represent the naval hero wearing his armour, his head resting on a cannon, with the medal he was once awarded in one hand, his commander’s baton in the other. The admiral was killed on 3 August 1653 off the cost of South Holland by English cannon fire. His real tomb is made of marble and stands in the Oude Kerk in Delft.
