Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4549487
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
In scelera et frandes faecundus, more ferarum
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
12,2 x 15,7
Details

View within the city of Brussels. Execution by hanging by order of Alva of the provost Hans de Greef, aka Spell of Spelleken in Brussels, 11 February 1570. On the right, Spell kisses one of his assistants. In the middle, Spell hangs on the gallows with his sentence (sentencie) on his chest. On the left, another of his employees is being flogged. Copper engraving, published in the famous book by Willem Baudartius (1565-1640) 'Les Guerres De Nassau, (...)', Amsterdam, Michel Colin de Thovoyon, 1616.

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