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Tomb monument for Ahasverus van den Berg
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Tomb monument for Ahasverus van den Berg

Jacob Ernst Marcus · 1807 · etching; stippelets; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The grave monument of the preacher Ahasverus van den Berg with his portrait, framed with an ouroboros as a symbol for eternity. By the monument a mourning woman looks up to a female figure leaning on a bible on a pedestal and pointing with a hand to an open space between the clouds where light rays come out. On the grave monument lie an hourglass and a lyre and two books of the deceased preacher, Evangelical Songs from 1806 and Book of Psalms from 1774. Against the monument also stands a scythe and in the foreground two naked children play.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGrafmonument voor Ahasverus van den Berg. 1807. Jacob Ernst Marcus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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