Armour, helmet and sword of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck

anoniem, 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
Object numberNG-KOG-987-1
Dimensionswidth 40 cm x depth 40 cm, height 53 cm, height 80 cm

Armour, helmet and sword of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck

Identification

Title(s)
Harnas en helm van 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.
Catalogue reference
- Documentatiemap
- 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.
- Cynthia Lawrence, "Hendrick de Keyser's Heemskerk monument: the origins of the cult and iconography of Dutch naval heroes", Simiolus 1992, p. 265 - 295.

Creation

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

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

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Person
Subject

Acquisition and rights

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

Documentation

- Documentatiemap
- 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.
- Cynthia Lawrence, "Hendrick de Keyser's Heemskerk monument: the origins of the cult and iconography of Dutch naval heroes", Simiolus 1992, p. 265 - 295.

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