Portrait of Christian Vander Veen, a Reformed Church minister, graduate of the Hope Academy, Rutgers College, and New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He is seated on a chair and one arm is propped on an end table next to him. He wears robes with tasseled ties and holds a scroll in his hand.

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