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Reformed Man Tortured by Soldiers
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Reformed Man Tortured by Soldiers

Reinier Vinkeles (I) · 1783 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Reformed people are forced during so-called dragonnades to convert to the Catholic faith, 1685. Soldiers torture a Huguenot by drumming on a copper cauldron placed on his head, after having kept him awake for several days.

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Credit lineHervormde man wordt gemarteld door militairen. 1783. Reinier Vinkeles (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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