Gerard van Loon

Frans Van Mieris I

Inscriptions and textual elements: GERARD VAN LOON. OLD XL. MDCCXXIII. Inscriptions and textual elements: What praise, what reward, VAN LOON, shall Holland best best bestow, / To commemorate your uyt-muntendt Work of Minten? / It has given you in its heart a splendid temple of honour, / And presses this Brorst statue on the facade of its temple: / So VAN LOON, in reward for his illustrious writing, / may live in Holland's grateful heart with honour. / J. GOEREE. Inscriptions and textual elements: F. van Mieris pinx. Inscriptions and textual elements: J. Houbraken sculp.