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Monument to Jacobus Justus Scholten
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Monument to Jacobus Justus Scholten

Dirk Sluyter · 1822 · etching; stippelwerk; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Monument with the silhouette portrait of the preacher and poet Jacobus Justus Scholten. The portrait is flanked by a skull and a Bible, on which a sleeping putto rests. He holds an extinguished torch and a paper with the date of death. Below is an inscription with Scholten's name, function, and the congregation in which he served. Next to the monument stand Faith, with cross and censer, and Religion. Father Time sits kneeling beside the monument, writing in a book. In the foreground sits a putto with books, a goblet entwined by a snake, a burning lamp, and a sheaf of corn.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMonument voor Jacobus Justus Scholten. 1822. Dirk Sluyter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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