Cornelis de Witt beside a horn of plenty with symbols of the country's prosperity and wealth. In the sky Fame with trumpets and putti holding a laurel wreath. De Witt is depicted in armour and with a command staff as a sign of his function as the States General's representative to the fleet, Glorification of Cornelis de Witt with the journey to Chatham in the background, 1667 Signature of the painting placed in the Town Hall in Dordrecht to commemorate the Victory at Chatham, in the year 1667, under the administration of Cornelis de Wit, Ruwaard van Putten , print maker: Simon Fokke, (

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