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Execution of the Anabaptists on the scaffold at the Dam, 1535
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Execution of the Anabaptists on the scaffold at the Dam, 1535

Pieter Hendricksz. Schut · 1629 - 1652 · etching; paper

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Torture and execution of the Anabaptists on the scaffold in front of the old town hall on the Dam in Amsterdam, 28 July 1535. A large crowd on the Dam. The mutilated bodies of those already executed lie beneath the scaffold. With two-line caption.

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printhistorieprentDam (Amsterdam)
Credit lineTerechtstelling van de wederdopers op het schavot op de Dam, 1535. 1629 - 1652. Pieter Hendricksz. Schut. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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