Rutgersz., L., Amsterdam, Zijlvelt, Anthony van, Portrait of Balthasar Bekker, verso - stamped, preacher and fighter against superstition, in an arched niche with ornamental frame. In the middle above a cartouche with a representation: Reason, with the sun on his chest as a symbol for truth, a book under his arm and a flame of inspiration on his head, and Eternity, with a compass in his hand, a snake in a circle around his arm and standing on a cube with the letters alpha and omega, together banishing superstition. On the left a medallion with the personification of Reason. On the right a medallion with Hercules, killing the hydra of Lerna., print, engraving, prints, Dit's Bekker, whose understanding of the Highest lies illuminated, God's fame exalts: for whom Reason comes to appear...., Thanks to Him whose shrewd brain, through zeal for God's Honor, the devil's supposed power, falls down., center bottom in the margin - engraved, BALTHASAR BEKKER SSTD ET VDM, in edge of niche - engraved, height 334 mm, width 250 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1643 - 1715, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1695, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), writer
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