Martyrdom of Jan Smit

Book Title: Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort J. Christ jusqu' à present : représenté en tres belles tailles-douces / par le celebre graveur Jean Luyken

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: Martyrdom of Jan Smit

Description: After the Mennonite Jan Smit refuses out of conscience to assist the Spanish army in laying siege to the Dutch municipality of Haarlem, Don Frederick, son of the Duke of Alva, sentences him to be hung upside-down from one leg until he dies.

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