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Oil portrait of a man with white powdered hair in a black coat with gold braid, holding a telescope, with a ship at sea behind him.

Willem Crul (1721-81). Schout bij nacht

A half-length portrait of a heavyset man with powdered white hair, wearing a dark velvet coat trimmed in gold braid with a rose-pink lining, holding a telescope with a sword hilt at his side. Sailing ships and a cloudy sky appear at right, with a globe at lower left, suggesting a naval setting in oil on canvas.

Artist
copy after Johann Ernst Heinsius
Date
1770-1801
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2900 × 3738 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1801.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Retrato de Willem Crul, contraalmirante (copia, 1770-1801)

Retrato de medio cuerpo de un hombre corpulento con cabello blanco empolvado, vestido con un abrigo de terciopelo oscuro con galón dorado y forro rosa, que sostiene un catalejo y tiene una espada al costado. Al lado derecho aparecen barcos de vela y un cielo nublado, con un globo en la parte inferior izquierda, lo que sugiere un ambiente naval en óleo sobre lienzo.

Português: Retrato de Willem Crul, contra-almirante (cópia, 1770-1801)

Retrato de meio corpo de um homem corpulento, de cabelo branco empoado, vestindo um casaco de veludo escuro com galão dourado e forro rosa, segurando um luneta e com uma espada na cintura. À direita aparecem navios à vela e um céu nublado, com um globo no canto inferior esquerdo, sugerindo um cenário naval em óleo sobre tela.