Letter Pouch of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter

Letter pouch of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, mid-17th century. Letter pouch of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, mid-17th century. Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam acc. no. NG-NM-12023-A.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a mid-seventeenth century, decorated letter pouch that belonged to the famous Dutch admiral, Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter (1607-1676). The pouch is made of green velvet with red leather edges. It was probably made in North Africa. Pieces of leather are sewed onto the velvet on the front of the pouch, and these pieces are embroidered with gold thread. The pouch measures 10.6 x 18 cm.

See also the entry on De Ruyter's ducal hat, also housed in the Rijksmuseum.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (retrieved 15 October 2016).

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Michiel de Ruyter, by Ferdinand Bol 

Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter, by the Dutch painter, Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, acc. no. BHC2997). Painted in 1667.

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