Spotprent/Satirical print: The execution of Kaat Mossel (Catharina Mulder).
From Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Satirical print in which supporters of the Royal House are tortured and executed. Kaat Mussel with orange bows, is tied to a cross about to be crushed by the executioner ('gelebraakt'). Adriaan Trago, the baker from Leiden, has already been hit and hung on a wheel (on the background to the left, a horn on the top identifies the baker) and on the right, Gerrit Brender à Brandis hangs on the gallows. The pastor Petrus Hofstede and the Duke of Brunswick are waiting for a similar fate. Prince Willem V looks to the left under a tree, but does not dare to speak. Below, in letterpress, the description of the scene in twenty four lines of text in Dutch. Etching and letterpress on paper; plate mark: 243 x 335 mm, total: 338 x 410 mm; crease in the middle due to folding: foldings and light damages along the most external margins. On the bottom, under the text, in pen and brown ink: "XBaB". Pro Patria Watermark. Atlas van Stolk 4558. Date of publishing: 1784. Seller Inventory # 65395
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Title: Spotprent/Satirical print: The execution of ...
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Netherlands
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Orders to Antiquariaat A.G. van der Steur, kruisstraat 3, 2011 PV Haarlem The Netherlands, can be made by email, mail and telephone. Of course you are also welcome to visit our antiquarian bookshop.
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