Claes Jansz. Visscher
Dutch, 1587–1652
Execution of Arminians in Leiden
INV-2291
Claes Jansz. Visscher
Dutch, 1587–16521623
Execution of Arminians in Leiden
Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch, 1587–1652 →printprints and drawing
Date
1623
Medium
Hand-colored etching with engraving and letterpress in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.6 × 23 cm (5 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 31.1 × 25 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Followers of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius, the Arminians clashed with Calvinists in the early 17th century, particularly after Prince Maurits of Orange systematically removed Arminians from positions of power. This popular print, or broadside, was produced on the occasion of the execution of the Arminian followers of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, whose portrait is exhibited nearby.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
An album of Dutch political prints and pamphlets dealing with Prince Maurits of Orange and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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A Castle, plate 22 after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticarum casularum icones)
Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, 1587-1652) after Unknown Flemish Artist, misidentified as Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569)
