Portrait of Ernestus Philippus Gerhardus van Essen Ernestus Philippus Gerhardus van Essen Joh. Fil. (title on object), Half-length portrait to the left of the pastor Ernestus Philippus Gerhardus van Essen in a medallion, sitting on a chair and resting his right arm on a bible. Below the medallion a field on which his name and information are written in three lines in Dutch and two columns below each with a six-line verse in Dutch., The Bible as a book, Ernestus Philip Gerhardus van Essen, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1772, paper, engraving, h 345 mm × w 253 mm