. Cornelis de Witt is reputed to have slept in this hammock during the Battle of Medway. He sailed with De Ruyter's fleet as an envoy of the States-General, but was chiefly a representative for his brother Johan, who as grand pensionary had masterminded the daring attack. The hammock entered the Rijksmuseum’s collection through De Witt's descendants.

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