Murder of the De Witt brothers, 1672 Image and true story Hoedanigh de Heeren, Mr. Johan de Witt, Raadt-Pensionaris van Hollant, and West-Vrieslant, as well as his Brother, Mr. Cornelis de Wit, aged Burgemeester der Stadt Dordrecht, and Ruwart van den Lande van Putten, were killed, in The Hague, August 20, 1672 (title on object), Sheet with four representations and descriptions of the murder of the De Witt brothers in The Hague on August 20, 1672. Above the capture and the murders, below the bodies are dragged to the scaffold and maimed. Among the performances, descriptions of the events in Dutch and French and an explanation of the images., Violent death, being killed, being mishandled and maltreated, seeking death (attempted death), attempted political murder, lynching, The Hague, Johan de Witt, Cornelis de Witt, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), Northern Netherlands, 1672, paper, letterpress printing, h 536 mm × w 412 mm
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Murder, De Witt brothers, 1672 Image, true story Hoedanigh de Heeren, Mr, Johan de Witt, Raadt-Pensionaris van Hollant, West-Vrieslant, well, Brother, Cornelis de Wit, aged Burgemeester der Stadt Dordrecht, Ruwart van den Lande van Putten, killed, Hague, August 20, 1672, title, object, Sheet, four representations, descriptions, murder, capture, murders, bodies, dragged, scaffold, maimed, performances, events, Dutch, French, explanation, images, Violent death, mishandled, maltreated, seeking death, attempted death, attempted political murder, lynching, Cornelis de Witt, Romeyn de Hooghe, attributed, Northern Netherlands, paper, letterpress printing
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