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Allegorical representation with the portrait of Johannes Visch
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Allegorical representation with the portrait of Johannes Visch

Dirk Sluyter · 1819 · etching; stippelwerk; engraving; paper

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

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Monument with the portrait of the Amsterdam preacher Johannes Visch. 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 Visch's name, function, his congregation, and the years he served there. 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 lineAllegorische voorstelling met het portret van Johannes Visch. 1819. Dirk Sluyter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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