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Interior with the Countess dying in a chair
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Interior with the Countess dying in a chair

Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin (II) · 1745-04 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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At the feet of the countess lies a newspaper article stating that Silvertongue was hanged for murdering her husband. Her young child is lifted by an old woman to give her a last kiss. The child has syphilis, visible in the dark spot on her face and the splint on her leg. The countess's father removes her wedding ring. An apothecary grabs a servant by his collar and points to a bottle of laudanum with which the countess committed suicide. To the right, a doctor leaves the room. To the left, a lean dog eats a pig's head from a plate on the table and a chair lies overturned.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineInterieur met de gravin stervend in een stoel. 1745-04. Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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