Grafteken voor Isaac Sweers in de Oude Kerk te Amsterdam, anonymous, after Rombout Verhulst, 1690

Title(s)

Grafteken voor Isaac Sweers in de Oude Kerk te Amsterdam

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2020-3018

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Grafteken van Izaak Sweers/ Gesneuvelt in de 3e Zeeslag den 21 Augustus 1673’

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after sculpture by: Rombout Verhulst

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

1690

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving / snipping

Measurements

height 172 mm × width 128 mm

What

• grave-building, monumental tomb
• coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• ships (in general) - CC - more than one ship
• armorial bearing, heraldry
• death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
• casting weapons: spear

Where

• Oude Kerk

Who

• Isaac Sweers

Acquisition

unknown 2020

Copyright

Public domain