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Mutilation of the Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The mutilation of the corpses of the De Witt brothers in The Hague on 20 August 1672. Around the scaffold citizens and soldiers have gathered. In the foreground a man runs away with pieces of clothing of the victims. On the scaffold two men hold parts of the bodies up.
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Credit lineMutilation of the Corpses of the De Witt Brothers. 1672. Romeyn de Hooghe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.