The Execution by Gunpowder of Hendrik Eemkens in 1562 in Utrecht design for illustration in TJ van Bragt Het bloedig tooneel of Martelaers spiegel der doopsgesinde of weereloose christenen The Mirror of Martyrs 1685. Eemkins, an anabaptist, is tied to a stake with gunpowder hung from his neck, at left. An executioner, right, uses a pitchfork to raise a bundle of burning hay; the explosion is indicated by occluding lines radiating outward from Eemkins' body.

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