Michiel de Ruyter’s Goblet
Also titled Beker van Michiel de Ruyter
Nicolaes Loockemans (died 1673)
1667
- Medium
- gold (metal), email
- Classification
- cup
- Dimensions
- height 30 cm x diameter 15 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- H.C.H.C. des Tombe Bequest
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed
About this work
The States of Holland rewarded Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter for his deeds with this precious cup. A continuous visual narrative showcases moments of the Dutch attack on the British war fleet on the Medway, largely destroying it. In the ensuing peace negotiations, it was eventually agreed that the British could keep New Netherland (the current state of New York). Among the territories the Netherlands retained were Suriname and the Moluccan island of Run with its many nutmeg plantations.
