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Drowning of two preachers at Bonn, 1584
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Drowning of two preachers at Bonn, 1584

Frans Hogenberg · 1587 - c. 1591 · etching; paper

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

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Drowning of two preachers in Bonn, 6 February 1584. Outside the city walls, two preachers are bound and thrown into the Rhine; one of them, Johan Northausen, survives. On a square in the city, executions by hanging. Episode from the Cologne War. Numbered in the lower left: 198. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVerdrinking van twee predikanten te Bonn, 1584. 1587 - c. 1591. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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