Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and his Family
Painter: Juriaen Jacobsz.
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Medium: oil on canvas
Description: Group portrait of Michiel de Ruyter and his family. Seated on the left is Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, vice-admiral of Holland at the time of this portrait, his third wife Anna van Gelder (1614-87) and her son from an earlier marriage Jan Pauwelsz van Gelder (1647-73). The three children from De Ruyter's second marriage are represented standing: on the far right Cornelia (1639-1720) with her husband Jan de Witte (died 1683), in the middle Alida (1642-79) and on the left Engel (1649-83) with a falcon. The couple's two little daughters, on the left Margaret (1652-88) and on the right Anna (1655-66), are playing with their cousin Cornelis de Witte (1660-1701). On the left, two dogs. The party is in a kind of garden, on the left a stone wall, on the right a fountain with a putto.
