Funeral monument depicting the portrait of Alphen pastor Willem Johan Sieverts The portrait is flanked by a skull and a Bible, on which a sleeping putto rests The latter is holding an extinguished torch and a paper with the date of death on it Below it is an inscription with Sieverts' name, position and the municipality in which he worked Next to the monument are Faith, with cross and censer, and Religion Father Time is kneeling beside the monument, writing in a book In the foreground is a putto with books, a cup encircled by a serpent, a burning lamp and a sheaf of corn', Monument to Willem

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