The Martyrdom, from The Travels and Sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf, 1938, (wood engraving).

---

The Martyrdom, from The Travels and Sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf, 1938, (wood engraving). Saint Jean de Brebeuf (1593 - 1649); captured and martyred when an Iroquois raid took over a Huron village on March 16th, 1649.

---

Size: 4240px × 3213px
Location:
Photo credit: © Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1649, 20th, american, attack, black, brebeuf, burning, canada, canadian, century, ceremony, chief, collection, daggers, dancing, de, engraving, eric, father, france, french, gill, graphica, headress, historica, huron, illustration, iroquois, jean, jesuit, male, man, martyr, martyred, men, missionaries, missionary, monochrome, native, north, nude, saint, stake, torch, tribal, white, woman, wood, woodcut