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Monument for Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck, 1781
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Monument for Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck, 1781

Cornelis Bogerts · 1781 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Allegorical monument for Wolter Jan Gerrit baron Bentinck, died 23/24 August and buried on 28 August 1781 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. A bust of a smiling Bentinck is crowned by an angel with a laurel wreath, on the right a mourning woman kneels with a city crown and banner of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. On the pedestal an inscription in Latin, at the bottom a four-line verse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printWolter Jan Gerrit BentinckZeeslag bij Doggersbank
Credit lineMonument voor Wolter Jan Gerrit baron Bentinck, 1781. 1781. Cornelis Bogerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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