Lidmaatschap van het Exercitie Genoodschap te Alphen 1765 - 1821

This undated line drawing by Jan Gerritsz. Visser is titled "Membership of the 'Exercitie Genoodschap' in Alphen." Its composition is divided into two distinct registers. The upper register features a small tableau of figures and symbols, dominated by a classical statue of a woman and what looks like armed citizens in the background. These elements are composed as a unit above and act as a visual header. The lower register is defined by elaborate cursive text. This text, rendered in the form of a declaration, takes up the majority of the frame, and visually anchors the upper part of the scene. The formal structure of the drawing suggests a hierarchical relationship between image and text, where the visual elements serve as a symbolic representation of the ideas articulated in the text below. Visser's formal arrangement highlights the interplay between visual representation and textual declaration within the document.