Author: Simon Fokke (1712-1784)
Title: [Antique print, etching, The Hague] 'Het lyk van Gillis van Ledenberg, buiten s'Gravenhage in een kist opgehangen, A[nno] 1619'; Gillis van Ledenberg hanged, 1619, published 1776.
Description: Dutch statesman Gilles van Ledenberg hanged in a coffin, having been sentenced to death posthumously. Het lijk van Gilles van Ledenberg.In lower margin: 'S. Fokke, inv. et fecit 1776.'; 'A. Fokke, Simonsz: excudit.'; 'Het lyk van [...] kist opgehangen. A[nno] 1619.'Used as plate in: J. Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche historie, I. Tirion, Amsterdam, 1776, vol. 14. Etching on paper, with broad margins; platemark: 179 x 206 mm; total: 230 x 268 mm; In good condition. Muller 1402-a.

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