Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter, Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1667

Portrait of michiel adriaensz. De ruyter, at knee-length, standing in front of a red curtain and a balustrade. In the background a seascape with de ruyter's flagship de zeven provinciën. De ruyters rests his right arm on a globe, while holding a baton in his right hand. Around his neck he is wearing the order of saint michael. On the table the globe is standing on lies a map showing the coastline of holland and flanders with in the middle the island of walcheren, where de ruyter was born. Part of a series of six identical portraits of michiel adriaensz. De ruyter of which four have survived. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1667. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: height: 157 cm (61.8 in); width: 138 cm (54.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Michiel de Ruyter. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter by Ferdinand Bol Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-44