Allegorical grave monument for Jan van Speijk, 1831, Monument dedicated to the memory of the immortal Hero J.C.J. van Speijk (title on object), Allegorical grave monument for Jan van Speijk, depicting the jumping into the air of Jan van Speijk's gunboat on the Scheldt in front of Antwerp on February 5, 1831. To the left of the monument the Faam with trumpet and alderman's crown, on the right Clio writes history. An angel (Victory?) brings a laurel wreath, on the grave a weeping genius with the Dutch flag. Mars in the sky on the right, Van Speijk is received in heaven at the top left by immortal heroes. On the pedestal of the monument a ten-line verse., print, print maker: anonymous, after drawing by: Johannes Steyn, printer: Morris Jacob Dessaur, Netherlands, 1831, paper, height, 538 mm × width, 357 mm
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