Caption:
Portrait of Pieter Rabus, Portrait to the right of Pieter Rabus in an ornamental oval medallion. The portrait rests on a pedestal on which is a relief with the representation of some classicist figures near a gravestone and a pond with swans. To the left of the portrait a putto with flowers and in his left hand a cord, with which he pulls away part of a curtain above the portrait. A snake snaps at the flowers that it drops. In the left in the background three dancing naked female figures are spied on by two satyrs in a forest, on the right a look through to the city of Rotterdam. Below the show two lines in Latin, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', sculpture (relief, sculpture), Pieter Rabus, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1744, paper, engraving, h 234 mm × w 186 mm