Identification title(s): admiral michiel de ruyter is fatally wounded during the naval battle at agosta, 1676. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-67. 768. Catalog reference: wurzbach 6, fmh 2586-b, 2(3), note: determined based on the prints present in the rijksmuseum print room. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 12. Description: admiral michiel de ruyter is fatally wounded during the naval battle at agosta on april 22, 1676 between a combined dutch-spanish fleet under michiel de ruyter and a french fleet under abraham duquesne in battle. In the heat of the battle, de ruyter is wrapped in a sheet by his crew and carried to his cabin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johann wilhelm kaiser (i) (mentioned on object), after a painting by: nicolaas pieneman (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1845. Material and technology. Physical features: steel etching, steel engraving and roulette on chine collé; proof. Material: paper chine collé technique: steel engraving / steel etching / roulette. Dimensions: plate edge: height 360 mm × width 447 mm. Subject: what: battle (+ naval force), medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded, battle of agosta. When: 1676 - 1676. Who: michiel adriaansz. De ruyter. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1845.
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