French atrocities in Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, 1672, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673 print Presentation of the atrocities committed by the French troops in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, at the end of December 1672. The inscription is worn in the air by personifications of the war and the French cruelty. On the left the burning village of Zwammerdam with the drawbridge. In the foreground rapes, torture and murder. The show is caught in an octogonal list, wounded by thorns and crowned with a skull. Under the performance is a description of the events about four columns in Dutch. Part
French atrocities in Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, 1672, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673 print Presentation of the atrocities committed by the French troops in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, at the end of December 1672. The inscription is worn in the air by personifications of the war and the French cruelty. On the left the burning village of Zwammerdam with the drawbridge. In the foreground rapes, torture and murder. The show is caught in an octogonal list, wounded by thorns and crowned with a skull. Under the performance is a description of the events about four columns in Dutch. Part of this description, the 'extract', is written by Verduyn. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death. massacre ~ war. plundering ~ soldiers. rape, violation Bodegraven. Zwammerdam
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