Wapen van de familie Van Beresteyn

A muzzled boar sits upright on a square stone block, holding its own leash in its front hoof. The central figure is enclosed within an oval border featuring mirrored text and decorative floral ornaments at the cardinal points, designed for use as a personal seal or signet.

As a work by Hendrick Goltzius, this emblem reflects the Northern Renaissance tradition of using heraldry for moralizing purposes; the muzzled animal and the square block (a symbol of stability/virtue) represent the restraint of the passions. This type of personal device was central to the identity of the Dutch humanist elite with whom Goltzius associated in Haarlem.