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The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The ultimate humiliation: the nude, flayed corpses of Johan and Cornelis de Witt on public display in the
Groene Zoodje, the execution ground on the Vijverberg in the middle of The Hague. On 20 August 1672 they were assassinated by their political opponents. Johan had been the most powerful man in the Republic for close to twenty years, steadfastly supported by his brother Cornelis. But they were …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/44G35
- Dood van de gebroeders De Witt
- The Hague
- The Hague
- Witt, Cornelis de
- Witt, Johan de
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/44G35
- Dood van de gebroeders De Witt
- The Hague
- The Hague
- Witt, Cornelis de
- Witt, Johan de
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1672 - c.1675
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5873
- SK-A-15
Extent
- height 69.5 cm
- width 56 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:26.047Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:22.463Z