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The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers  1672

by Jan de Baen

The ultimate humiliation: the nude, flayed corpses of Johan and Cornelis de Witt on public display in the [br]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 bro...
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

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