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Satirical print of the burial of minister Abraham van de Velde, 1677
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Satirical print of the burial of minister Abraham van de Velde, 1677

anonymous · 1677 · etching; paper

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

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Satirical print of the funeral of Reverend Abraham van de Velde, 14 June 1677. A long funeral procession of four rows of men with steeples or donkey ears marches with the corpse of Rev. van der Velde from the House of Unrest over 'the wretched churchyard', past some gravestones with appropriate inscriptions to the church of Spiritual Omnipotence. Some weeping sisters lead the procession; in the middle, a banner with the inscription 'The Calling of Troyen'. A text sheet with a legend belongs to the print. The Voetian minister had previously been banished from Utrecht and played a role in 1675 in the conflict in Zeeland between the Voetians and Cocceians.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpotprent van de begrafenis van dominee Abraham van de Velde, 1677. 1677. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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