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Allegory in honour of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and Cornelis Tromp and their victories in the naval battles of 1672 and 1673
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Allegory in honour of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and Cornelis Tromp and their victories in the naval battles of 1672 and 1673

Coenraet Decker · 1673 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory in honor of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and Cornelis Tromp and their victories in the naval battles of 1672 and 1673. The busts of De Ruyter and Tromp drawn in triumphal chariots over the water by tritons, seahorses, and sea lions. In the sky putti with portraits of the commanders Isaac Sweers and Johan de Liefde who died in the Battle of Kijkduin. In the background the Battle of Kijkduin on 21 August 1673. With three small depictions of the earlier naval battles and a poem of praise in three columns.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorie ter ere van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter en Cornelis Tromp en hun overwinningen in de zeeslagen in de jaren 1672 en 1673. 1673. Coenraet Decker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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