Portret van Balthasar Bekker, RP-P-1937-937, Pieter van Gunst, 1673 - ca. 1714

Text reads balthasar bekker, s. T. D. And preacher in amsterdam born march 20, 1634, and died june 11, 1698 this 's bekker, naturally ground here before the eye; those vile superstitions, christianity, and deeply ruined, was about to fall to ruin; the devil, foolishly feared, in chains has determined. Fair reproach thrown upon his godly feather, he restored to god his glory, which had been too severely violated. Tandem bona causa triumphat zach. Webber pinxit daniel vanden dalen excused p. Van gaaft sculpsit. Date: 1673 - ca. 1714.