HENDRICK BERCKMAN

(Klundert 1629-1679 Middelburg)

Het portret van luitenant-admiraal Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Nederlands beroemde zeeheld

Oil on canvas: 113 x 94.7 cm.

Signed and dated: J.H Berckmans F. 1668, JHB attached, bottom right and bearing his family crest (top right)

Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter (1607- 1676) depicted up to the hip, in a black officer’s coat with a jabot (tie) of lace around the neck as well as the Order of Saint-Michel with badge of honor, a command staff in his right hand, a saber to his left and a view through to a sea with ships in the background.

HENDRICK BERCKMAN

(Klundert 1629-1679 Middelburg)

Portrait of Anna van Gelder, wife of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Holland’s famous naval hero

 Oil on canvas: 113.6 x 94.5 cm.

Signed and dated: H Berckmans Fet. 1668, (HB joined, left center)

A portrait of Anna van Gelder (1614- 1687) depicted to the hip, in a black dress with a white lace collar, standing in front of a curtain and holding a fan.

SURROUNDINGS OF JAN DE BAEN

(Haarlem 1633-1702 The Hague)

Portrait of Engel de Ruyter, son of Lieutenant Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch famous naval hero

Oil on canvas: 117 x 98 cm.

Top right bearing the De Ruyter family crest

Portrait of Engel de Ruyter (1649- 1678), depicted up to the hip, dressed in a quasi-Roman costume with a red shawl, standing in front of a column and a curtain, his right hand resting on a curtain, his right hand resting on a helmet, a vista of the sea with ships in the background.

Michiel de Ruyter – De portretten van Luitenant Admiraal Michiel de Ruyter – Nederlands beroemdste zeeheld – Zijn vrouw Anna van Gelder en zijn zoon Engel de Ruyter