Sketch of the reclining figure of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp: model for tomb, He lies in full armor with his legs extended to the right on the flag, which uncovers part of the rudder below his knees let, as well as a part of the two cannon runs, on which he rests with the left shoulder and head, his face is directed to the viewer for a moment. He holds the ribbon with the medal of Frederik Hendrik between the fingers of the left hand, the right includes the command staff. Tromp wears a harness and sabotons (harnessed shoes) with round noses and a flat collar, closed with a string of small fields, a sash is tied around the right arm. On the pedestal the text: 'So that great Tromp rests that Spangien's whole Power / Destroyed in Duyns in ten years / And Schev'lingh sagh continues the British fleet. effigy, 'gisant' (portrait-figure on closed coffin or in 'castrum doloris'), transi, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Rombout Verhulst, Northern Netherlands, c. 1654 - c. 1655, terracotta (clay material), l 62 cm
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