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Count Willem III of Holland Orders the Beheading of His Bailiff
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William III the Good, Count of Holland and Hainaut, condemns his bailiff from his sickbed and orders his beheading. In the background, the cause is shown: the bailiff defrauded a farmer by selling him a poor cow for a good one. Below the image, two four-line verses in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGraaf Willem III van Holland geeft opdracht tot de onthoofding van zijn baljuw. 1606. Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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