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Monument with the portrait of Johann Caspar Lavater
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Monument with the portrait of Johann Caspar Lavater

Jacob Ernst Marcus · 1801 · etching; stippelets; engraving; paper

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

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Monument with portrait of the Swiss theologian Johann Kaspar Lavater. Two women in antique dress mourn at a tomb in a landscape. According to the panegyric below the image, these are the personifications of Humanity (right) and Religion (left). In the background a dome with the word: Virtus. In the upper left, hovering above the monument, a putto representing immortality. In his hand an ouroboros, a snake biting its own tail, as a mythical symbol of eternity.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGrafmonument met het portret van Johann Caspar Lavater. 1801. Jacob Ernst Marcus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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