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The mutilated bodies of the De Witt brothers hanging on the gibbet, 1672
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Night scene of the mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt, hanging on the gibbet, against a background of trees at the Vijverberg, 20 August 1672. On the right in the foreground a man with a burning torch. Below the depiction a laudatory poem in two verses of four lines on the De Witt brothers.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe verminkte lichamen van de gebroeders De Witt hangend aan de wip, 1672. 1680 - 1712. Cornelis Huyberts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
