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Punishments: hanging
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
On a clearing in a military camp many soldiers are gathered around a large tree to which 21 corpses hang and more executions by hanging will take place. One condemned person is just having the noose tied around him, a few others wait under the tree for their turn. On the right in the foreground a condemned person in conversation with a cleric. Below the image a six-line French verse. This print is part of a series of 17 (18 including title print) prints with depictions of various kinds of miseries that warfare brings with it.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrafmaatregelen: ophanging. 1633. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
