Isaac Sweers, Vice Admiral of the Admiralty of Holland and West Friesland
After Vice Admiral Sweers (1622-1673) had been killed in the naval Battle of Kijkduin, he was honoured with a stately tomb. This terracotta bust is the model of the marble portrait for that monument in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Its maker, Rombout Verhulst, left it to Baron Jacob van
Wassenaer. The latter ordered the pedestal around 1700, giving rise to a personal tribute to the naval hero.