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Michiel de Ruyter as Lieutenant-Admiral
Also titled Michiel de Ruyter als luitenant-admiraal
Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
1667
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 157 cm x width 138 cm
- 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 1667 Ferdinand Bol painted several life-size portraits of Michiel de Ruyter. These were hung in the headquarters of all five Dutch admiralties. This painting went to Middelburg. De Ruyter’s hero status made him a powerful man. In the portrait he is richly dressed and holding his commander’s baton. Around his neck he is wearing the Order of St Michael, awarded to him by the King of France.
