Armour, helmet and sword of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck

anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1607

Jacob van Heemskerck commanded the Dutch ships that defeated a Spanish fleet near Gibraltar in 1607. The admiral lost his life in the fray. He was commemorated with a monument in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. In keeping with custom, his armour was hung above the tomb. The left cuisse (thigh defence) is missing: it was shattered by the cannonball that cost Van Heemskerck his life.

Artwork typehelmet, armor, armor
Object numberNG-KOG-987-1
Dimensionsheight 80 cm, width 40 cm x depth 40 cm, height 53 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Armour, helmet and sword of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck
Object type
Object number
NG-KOG-987-1
Description
Zwart gelakt harnas, bestaand uit: borst- en rugstuk, helm en een dijstuk. De ringkraag ontbreekt.

Creation

Creation
anonymous
Dating
c. 1580 - c. 1607
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Material and technique

Dimensions
- height 80 cm
- width 40 cm x depth 40 cm
- height 53 cm

This work is about

Person
Subject
Period
1580 - 1607

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Juan Carlos Pardo González, Jacob Van Heemskerck y la batalla de Gibraltar de 1607 (primeras imágenes), uit: Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños, 46, 2017, apr, pagina 117-140 - p. 120, ill. 2
- Cynthia Lawrence, "Hendrick de Keyser's Heemskerk monument: the origins of the cult and iconography of Dutch naval heroes", Simiolus 1992, p. 265 - 295.
- R. van Luttervelt, "De wapenrusting en het zwaard van Jacob van Heemskerck", Maandblad Amstelodadum 1953, p. 73 - 76.
- Mariët Westermann, 'What's on at the new Rijks', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (2015), p. 40, afb. 16.
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Persistent URL

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200387529