Getting started with the collection:
Donderbus waarop het wapen van Tromp
anonymous, c. 1659
Arms collection of Cornelis Tromp. These weapons were kept at the Amsterdam home of Cornelis Tromp. The collection included contemporary weapons of exceptional quality and several exotic weapons acquired for their curiosity value. Tromp probably received many of these weapons as gifts during his patrols of the Mediterranean Sea and in the Baltic.
- Artwork typeflintlock gun, spreidloopwapen
- Object numberNG-NM-2920
- Dimensionsdiameter 38 mm, length 78.5 cm, length 41 cm
- Physical characteristicskoper