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Execution of Balthasar Gerards, 1584
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Execution of Balthasar Gerards, 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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Torture and execution of Balthasar Gerards, 14 July 1584. On a scaffold Gerards is executed before the assembled public on the Grote Markt in Delft. With an inscription of 12 lines in German. Numbered in the lower left: 205. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printalbumbladhistorieprentBalthasar GerardsWilliam I (Prince of Orange)tortureDelft
Credit lineExecutie van Bathasar Gerards, 1584. 1587 - c. 1591. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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