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Gouden beker met deksel, geschonken aan Cornelis de Witt ter gelegenheid van de Tocht naar Chatham, 1667

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Date

1748

Artist

Aert Schouman (1710-1792)

Collection

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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-00-1290

Description

Afbeelding van de gouden beker met los deksel, geschonken door de Staten van Holland en West-Friesland aan Cornelis de Witt ter gelegenheid van de overwinning op de Engelsen tijdens de Tocht naar Chatham, 20-23 juni 1667. Op de beker een voorstelling van de Tocht naar Chatham.

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paper, watercolor

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy Rijksmuseum

Location

Chatham, England

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TWW Comment

In 1667 Cornelis de Witt accompanied Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter on his attack on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch Navy captured Sheerness and sailed to Chatham and Gillingham where they destroyed several key British ships and captured the flagship HMS Royal Charles. The States of Holland presented De Witt with this decorated gold and enamel cup the following year. It is owned by the Musée de Cluny and kept by the Musée du Louvre in France.

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