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How courage and loyalty joined with cunning; / Once knew how to save De Groot. / And how he fled as a mason. / You will notice this on this fine print
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 12 depictions of the escape of Hugo de Groot from Loevestein Castle, hidden in a book chest, on 22 March 1621. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top center: No. 67.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHoe moed en trouw gepaard aan list; / Weleer De Groot te redden wist. / En hoe hij vluchtte als metselaar. / Wordt ge op deez' fraaije prent gewaar. 1848 - 1881. Lutkie & Cranenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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