Relief with the judgment of Lucius Junius Brutus in the Vierschaar of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Relief with the judgment of Lucius Junius Brutus in the Vierschaar of the Town Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Consul Lucius Junius Brutus, standing on the right, signals the executioner to execute the sentence and behead his son. His other son has already been beheaded and lies at his feet. When a plot against the young Roman Republic came to light and Brutus' sons Titus and Tiberius were found to be among the conspirators, he sentenced them - like the others - to death. The Vierschaar was a public court that was only used by sheriffs and aldermen to pronounce death sentences. Below the scene two columns with three lines of Latin text. Marked in the bottom center: C., print maker: Hubert Quellinus, after own design by: Hubert Quellinus, after sculpture by: Artus Quellinus (I), Amsterdam, 1655, paper, etching, engraving, height 433 mm × width 321 mm, print
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