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Beheading of eighteen nobles, including the two brothers of Batenburg, 1568
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Beheading of eighteen nobles, including the two brothers of Batenburg, 1568

anonymous · 1618 - 1620 · etching; paper

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

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The beheading of eighteen nobles, including the two brothers of Batenburg, on a scaffold at the Paardenmarkt in Brussels, 1 June 1568. The executioner is about to behead the condemned. Printed on the reverse with text in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printhistorieprentDirk van Bronckhorst en BatenburgZavelTachtigjarige Oorlog
Credit lineOnthoofding van achttien edelen, waaronder de twee gebroeders van Batenburg, 1568. 1618 - 1620. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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