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Subject Martyrdom
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
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    Guillaume Iansz, de Durgerdam, brulé à Amsterdam, A. 1569

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
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    Henri Eemkens, brulé à Utrecht, A. 1562

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
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    Henri Pruyt, garotté dans son bateau, et brulé avec lui hors de Worcom, A. 1574

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
  • An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
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    Henri Sumer et Iacob Mandel noyez à Baden, A. 1582

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
  • An engraved title page to Jean Luiken's Theatre des Martyrs. In the center, there is a depiction of several martyrdoms, including being boiled, being spun on a wheel across spikes, and burning at the stake, under which is the phrase, "per angusta ad augusta" (from crisis to glory). Forming a border around the title information is a collection of weapons and instruments of torture which are related to various martyrdoms, including: swords, maces, spears, arrows, axes, clubs, halberds, flails, saws, knives, chains, manacles, torches, mallets, anchors, and a crown of thorns.
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    Historiated title page of Theatre des Martyrs

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraved title page to Jean Luiken's Theatre des Martyrs. In the center, there is a depiction of several martyrdoms, including being boiled, being spun on a wheel across spikes, and burning at the stake, under which is the phrase, "per angusta ad augusta" (from crisis to glory). Forming a border around the title information is a collection of weapons and instruments of torture which are related to various martyrdoms, including: swords, maces, spears, arrows, axes, clubs, halberds, flails, saws, knives, chains, manacles, torches, mallets, anchors, and a crown of thorns.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraved title page to Jean Luiken's Theatre des Martyrs. In the center, there is a depiction of several martyrdoms, including being boiled, being spun on a wheel across spikes, and burning at the stake, under which is the phrase, "per angusta ad augusta" (from crisis to glory). Forming a border around the title information is a collection of weapons and instruments of torture which are related to various martyrdoms, including: swords, maces, spears, arrows, axes, clubs, halberds, flails, saws, knives, chains, manacles, torches, mallets, anchors, and a crown of thorns.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Jacob Dircks and his two older sons. The image shows Dircks and his older sons being led towards a trio of posts where they are to be burned while Dircks' youngest son wraps his arms around his father's neck.
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    Iacob Dirksz brulé avec ses deux fils à Anvers, A. 1568

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jacob Dircks and his two older sons. The image shows Dircks and his older sons being led towards a trio of posts where they are to be burned while Dircks' youngest son wraps his arms around his father's neck.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jacob Dircks and his two older sons. The image shows Dircks and his older sons being led towards a trio of posts where they are to be burned while Dircks' youngest son wraps his arms around his father's neck.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Bosch. The image shows Bosch praying within a burning straw frame as an executioner watches.
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    Iean Bosch, brulé à Mastricht, A. 1559

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Bosch. The image shows Bosch praying within a burning straw frame as an executioner watches.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Bosch. The image shows Bosch praying within a burning straw frame as an executioner watches.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Hans Misel. The image shows Misel kneeling with blood spurting from his neck as his head lays on the ground beside him, his executioner moving to kick is body over as a crowd watches.
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    Iean Misel, decapité à Warthausen, A. 1571

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hans Misel. The image shows Misel kneeling with blood spurting from his neck as his head lays on the ground beside him, his executioner moving to kick is body over as a crowd watches.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hans Misel. The image shows Misel kneeling with blood spurting from his neck as his head lays on the ground beside him, his executioner moving to kick is body over as a crowd watches.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Smit. The image shows Smit hung by the ankle from a gallows outside of Haarlem.
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    Iean Smit, pendu hors de Harlem, A. 1572

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Smit. The image shows Smit hung by the ankle from a gallows outside of Haarlem.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Smit. The image shows Smit hung by the ankle from a gallows outside of Haarlem.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Wouterss van Kuyck and Adriaen Jans of Molenaersgraef. The image shows Jans being bound to a post atop an execution platform while Wouterss addresses the crowd.
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    Iean Woutersz, de Kuyk et Adrienne Ians de Molenaarsgraaf brulez a Dordrecht, A. 1572

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Wouterss van Kuyck and Adriaen Jans of Molenaersgraef. The image shows Jans being bound to a post atop an execution platform while Wouterss addresses the crowd.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Wouterss van Kuyck and Adriaen Jans of Molenaersgraef. The image shows Jans being bound to a post atop an execution platform while Wouterss addresses the crowd.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of John, a merchant of Cordoba. The image shows John bound and sitting backwards on a donkey being led by a Muslim (evidinced by the star and moon symbols on their clothes).
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    Iean, marchand à Cordoue mis à reculons sur un àne, et en suite brulé, A. 850

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of John, a merchant of Cordoba. The image shows John bound and sitting backwards on a donkey being led by a Muslim (evidinced by the star and moon symbols on their clothes).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of John, a merchant of Cordoba. The image shows John bound and sitting backwards on a donkey being led by a Muslim (evidinced by the star and moon symbols on their clothes).
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Ioris Wippe. The image shows Wippe bound and standing backwards in front of a wine barrel in a dungeon as another man pushes him backwards towards the filled barrel.
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    Ioris Wippe, noyé dans un tonneau à Dordrecht, A. 1558

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Ioris Wippe. The image shows Wippe bound and standing backwards in front of a wine barrel in a dungeon as another man pushes him backwards towards the filled barrel.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Ioris Wippe. The image shows Wippe bound and standing backwards in front of a wine barrel in a dungeon as another man pushes him backwards towards the filled barrel.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Julitta and her child, Cyricus. The image shows Julitta tied to a post and being whipped (left), a hook for torture on the ground beside her, and the governor of Tarsus holding Julitta's child, Cyricus, by the legs, preparing to throw him down a staircase (right).
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    Iulitta, fauetée à Tarse, te mise a mort avec ses enfaris, A. 304

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Julitta and her child, Cyricus. The image shows Julitta tied to a post and being whipped (left), a hook for torture on the ground beside her, and the governor of Tarsus holding Julitta's child, Cyricus, by the legs, preparing to throw him down a staircase (right).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Julitta and her child, Cyricus. The image shows Julitta tied to a post and being whipped (left), a hook for torture on the ground beside her, and the governor of Tarsus holding Julitta's child, Cyricus, by the legs, preparing to throw him down a staircase (right).
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Joriaen Simons, Clement Dirks, and Marie Joris. The image shows the two figures being burnt at the stake (left) and a crowd of people rescuing books, which had belonged to Simons, from a fire.
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    Iuriaan Simons, Clement Dirksz, et Marie Ioris brulez à Harlem, A. 1557

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Joriaen Simons, Clement Dirks, and Marie Joris. The image shows the two figures being burnt at the stake (left) and a crowd of people rescuing books, which had belonged to Simons, from a fire.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Joriaen Simons, Clement Dirks, and Marie Joris. The image shows the two figures being burnt at the stake (left) and a crowd of people rescuing books, which had belonged to Simons, from a fire.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Johan Knel (or possibly Büchner). The image shows Knel being bound to a stake with bundles of wood placed beneath as a monk attempts to plead with him.
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    Jean Knel brulé à Londres, A. 1550

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Johan Knel (or possibly Büchner). The image shows Knel being bound to a stake with bundles of wood placed beneath as a monk attempts to plead with him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Johan Knel (or possibly Büchner). The image shows Knel being bound to a stake with bundles of wood placed beneath as a monk attempts to plead with him.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Phillip the Apostle. The image shows Philip standing against a pillar with hands raised in prayer as he looks away from the crowd which is stoning him to death.
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    L'Apotre S. Philippe martirisé a Hierapolis en Phrygie, A. 54

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Phillip the Apostle. The image shows Philip standing against a pillar with hands raised in prayer as he looks away from the crowd which is stoning him to death.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Phillip the Apostle. The image shows Philip standing against a pillar with hands raised in prayer as he looks away from the crowd which is stoning him to death.
  • An engraving depicting the burning of a building full of Christians by order of Emperor Maximinus I.
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    L'Empereur Maximin fait bruler un grand nombre de Chrétiens, environ l'An 237

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the burning of a building full of Christians by order of Emperor Maximinus I.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the burning of a building full of Christians by order of Emperor Maximinus I.
  • An engraving depicting Lauwerens Janss Noodtdruft being led to execution. The image shows Noodtdruft bound and flanked by guards and a monk.
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    Laurens Iansz Nooddruft, de Delft, brulé à Anvers, A. 1577

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting Lauwerens Janss Noodtdruft being led to execution. The image shows Noodtdruft bound and flanked by guards and a monk.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting Lauwerens Janss Noodtdruft being led to execution. The image shows Noodtdruft bound and flanked by guards and a monk.
  • An engraving depicting the persecution of Protestants under King Sigismund in Poland. The image shows two clergymen overseeing the beating and murder of people in the streets and the burning of a building.
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    Les Chretiens en Pologne persecuté par leur Roi Sigismond, l'an 1617

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the persecution of Protestants under King Sigismund in Poland. The image shows two clergymen overseeing the beating and murder of people in the streets and the burning of a building.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the persecution of Protestants under King Sigismund in Poland. The image shows two clergymen overseeing the beating and murder of people in the streets and the burning of a building.
  • An engraving depicting the torture of Anabaptists in the Netherlands under the rule of the Duke of Alba. The image shows torturers afixing vises to the tongues of two men and heating them with iron (left and right) and a number of individuals being burned at the stake (background).
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    Les cruautez du Duc d'Albe dans les Pais-bas, l'an 1567

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the torture of Anabaptists in the Netherlands under the rule of the Duke of Alba. The image shows torturers afixing vises to the tongues of two men and heating them with iron (left and right) and a number of individuals being burned at the stake (background).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the torture of Anabaptists in the Netherlands under the rule of the Duke of Alba. The image shows torturers afixing vises to the tongues of two men and heating them with iron (left and right) and a number of individuals being burned at the stake (background).
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Leonhard Bernkopff. The image shows Bernkopff bound to a stake while a man stokes a fire beside him.
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    Léonard Bernkop brulé à Saltzbourg, A. 1542

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Leonhard Bernkopff. The image shows Bernkopff bound to a stake while a man stokes a fire beside him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    An engraving depicting the execution of Leonhard Bernkopff. The image shows Bernkopff bound to a stake while a man stokes a fire beside him.
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