Murder of the De Witt brothers, 1672 Image and true story Hoedanigh de Heeren, Mr. Johan de Witt, Raadt-Pensionaris van Hollant, and West-Vrieslant, as well as his Brother, Mr. Cornelis de Wit, aged Burgemeester der Stadt Dordrecht, and Ruwart van den Lande van Putten, were killed, in The Hague, August 20, 1672 (title on object), Sheet with four representations and descriptions of the murder of the De Witt brothers in The Hague on August 20, 1672. Above the capture and the murders, below the bodies are dragged to the scaffold and maimed. Among the performances, descriptions of the events in Du

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