A monument to preacher and writer Jan van der Roest showing his silhouette portrait surrounded by a snake biting its tail Faith points to heaven, the cross is beside her A putto mourns and points to an open Bible with a reference to Rev 14:13 Below the representation a four-line verse in Dutch, Memorial for Jan van der Roest, print maker: Adrianus Serné, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, (mentioned on object), H. Polman, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1814, paper, etching, engraving, h 302 mm × w 240 mm

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