Night scene of the mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt, hanging from the seesaw, against a background of trees near the Vijverberg, 20 August 1672. To the right in the foreground two figures with a burning torch. Below the scene is an eight-line verse against the De Witt brothers, The mutilated bodies of the De Witt brothers hanging from the seesaw, 1672, print maker: Roelant Roghman, (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1672, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 355 mm × w 245 mm

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