A solemn figure with a direct, benign gaze, nonchalantly toying with the tassels of his collar. The man is Johannes Munter, a director of the Dutch East India Company and burgomaster of Amsterdam in 1670. Johannes Munter was a prominent figure. His importance is reflected the material used by the sculptor, Bartholomeus Eggers: that most expensive and regal of stones, marble. Munter is shown from the waist up. On the plinth is a Latin text: JOANNES MUNTER CONSULES AMSTELD. AETATIS SUAE LXIII: Johannes Munter, burgomaster of Amsterdam, in his sixty-third year.
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