Fine Art

Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter — History & Facts

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.

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Terracotta model of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp by Rombout Verhulst

Model for the tomb of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp

Rombout Verhulst

Terracotta portrait of Jacob van Reygersbergh by Rombout Verhulst

Portrait of Jacob van Reygersbergh

Rombout Verhulst

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Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, oil painting featuring Infanta Margarita and her attendants.

Las meninas

Diego Velázquez

Self-portrait with a bandaged ear and pipe, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Portrait of a girl with a pearl earring, oil painting by Johannes Vermeer

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn featuring a man in shadow

The Hundred Guilder Print: the man seen on the back in the lower left corner

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching by Vincent van Gogh depicting Dr Gachet with expressive features.

Portrait of Dr Gachet

Vincent van Gogh