Count William III van Holland instructs the decapitation of his bailiff, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Joachim Wtewael, 1606 print William III de Goede, Count of Holland and Hainaut, condemns his bailiff from his sickbed and instructs him to behead. In the background you can see the reason: the bailiff has scammed a farmer by selling him a bad cow for a good one. Under the performance two four -line verses in Latin. print maker: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper engraving juridical examples; exemplary judges; 'Gerechtigkeitsbilder'. violent death by beheading. sick-bed

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