The portraits of Hendrick Daniels Slatius, Willem Perty and Jan and Abraham Blancaert surrounded by scenes of their violent deaths and their burials. Engraving with etching, 1623.

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1623
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43456i
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The beheading of Slatius, Perty and Jan and Abraham Blancaert are shown in the centre of the image: the head of Slatius was impaled on a stake next to his dismembered body parts, while the others are buried in desecrated ground after their ordeals

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Amsterdam : Published for Claesz Jansz Visscher, 1623.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 26.8 x 14.6 cm

Lettering

Cost verhael ende afbeeldinghe der justitie gheschiet den 5 Mey 1623, in s' Gravenhaghe ... Elaborate lettering in Dutch surrounds the image

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Wellcome Collection 43456i

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