Frederick, 8th bishop of Utrecht, stabbed in the heart. Engraving by Frederick Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert, 1630/1680.

  • Bloemaert, Abraham, 1564-1651.
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[1626?]
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563529i
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Frederick was assassinated while celebrating mass

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[Utrecht] : Frederick Bloemaert, [1626?]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 42 x 29 cm

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Zelus domus tuae comedit me: et opprobria exprobrantium tibi, ceciderunt super me ... S. Fredericus, nobili inter Frisones genere natus, octavus Ultrajectensium episcopus ... ante altare pro iustitia a duobus sicariis impie occisus est. A.o 838 15 Kal. Aug. sepultus Ultrajecti ad S. Salvatorem ... Abrahamus Bloemaert inven. ; Fred. Bloemaert sculp. et excud. ; 4 Bears number: 4 "Zelus domus Tuæ comedit me, et opprobria exprobrantium tibi, ceciderunt super me": "For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."--Psalm 69, v. 9

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The fourth print of twelve in a series of engravings showing archbishops and bishops of Utrecht, ca. 1626

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Wellcome Collection 563529i

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