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Portrait bust of Louis (Lodewijk) de Boisot (1540-1576), admiral of the Zeeland Geuzen fleet. In the background a naval battle. Numbered at the top: fol. 224. Copper engraving, made by Jan Luyken (1649-1712) or Herman Padtbrugge (1656-1686). Published in: [L. van den Bosch], Life and Days of Life. sea heroes (...). Amsterdam, 1683. Boisot became admiral of Vlissingen on 1 August 1573. On August 15, 1573, Willem appointed him lieutenant admiral of Zeeland and on March 4, 1574 as lieutenant admiral of Holland (and West Friesland) and Zeeland together. He defeated the Spanish fleet at Fort Rammekens (August 1573), he lost an eye in the Battle of Reimerswaal (November 1573), where he again defeated the Spanish fleet. He was victorious again in the Battle of Lillo (May 1574) and he was the hero of Leiden's relief (October 1574). Boisot drowned in 1576 while trying to relieve Zierikzee, when his ship, the Boerendamme, capsized at low tide after it ran aground on a sandbank. Source: National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2015.
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