Portrait of priest Martinus van Velden, 1639, Theodor Matham, after Pieter Fransz de Grebber, 1639 print Oval portrait of the priest Martinus van Velden, bust to the right. Under the portrait a cartouche with a verse of 8 lines in Dutch. On either side there is martyrdom in eight small scenes: how the priest was abused and imprisoned by Nicolaas Vermeyde on 6 March 1639 in Middelburg (near Gouda), exiled from Leiden and finally dies of his injuries on April 6, 1639. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death

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