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Seven nobles hanged at the gate of the Château d'Amboise, 1560
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Seven nobles hanged at the gate of the Château d'Amboise, 1560

Frans Hogenberg · 1565 - 1573 · etching; paper

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

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Execution of the participants in the Conspiracy of Amboise. The bodies of seven nobles are hanged before the gate of the Château d'Amboise; others are beheaded on the scaffold, 15 March 1560. With an eight-line inscription in German. Numbered: 5. Leaf from an album that has been disassembled. Numbered in the upper right (in pen): 38.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZeven edelen voor de poort van het Château d'Amboise opgehangen, 1560. 1565 - 1573. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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