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 Anneken van den Hove

Description: The pastor of the Savel church in Brussels betrays Anneken van den Hove, a Mennonite woman, to the authorities, who sentence her to death for refusing to renounce her faith. As the executioner buries her alive, the authorities allow her several opportunities to recant, but she does not comply .

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