Auto-da-fe in Valladolid, 1558 Spaensche Inquisition (title object) Auto-da-fe ( autodafe) in Valladolid, May 21, 1558. Procession of about thirty by the Spanish Inquisition condemned to death Protestants to a location outside the city where they are burned at the stake. In the middle of a building with dignitaries, alongside a wooden stand on which the heretics are condemned. The condemned wear special headgear (capirote) and a sheath with a representation of the hell's mouth. Below the plate a long text of two columns in Dutch. Reduced copy to the original contemporary performance on four bl
Auto-da-fe in Valladolid, 1558 Spaensche Inquisition (title object) Auto-da-fe ( autodafe) in Valladolid, May 21, 1558. Procession of about thirty by the Spanish Inquisition condemned to death Protestants to a location outside the city where they are burned at the stake. In the middle of a building with dignitaries, alongside a wooden stand on which the heretics are condemned. The condemned wear special headgear (capirote) and a sheath with a representation of the hell's mouth. Below the plate a long text of two columns in Dutch. Reduced copy to the original contemporary performance on four bladen. Manufacturer : printmaker: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) (attributed to) Place manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1625 - 1650 Physical features: etching with texts in letterpress material: paper Technique: etching / printing sizes: sheet: H 462 mm × W 377 mm Subject: execution or heretic, eg by burning at the stake, auto-da-fé'ReformatieWanneer: 1558-05-21 - 1558-05-21
Size: 1442px × 1733px
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