Memorial for Petrus Broes, Allegorical funeral monument for the pastor Petrus Broes. On the right the personification of Time, with ears of corn and a sickle, that puts an end to life. On the left a wailing woman with a book under her arm. They flank the oval portrait bust of Broes, framed by the Ouroboros: a snake that bites its own tail: the sign of eternity. Behind the portrait a column with the family crest decorated with flowers. Below the monument three skulls, other memorial structures, serpent Ouroboros, agricultural implements: sickle, Petrus Broes, Theodoor Koning (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1797, paper, engraving, h 208 mm × w 127 mm
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