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Engraving of an execution on a scaffold with a raised sword, a crowd watching, a sprawled body in the foreground, and towers and gabled buildings behind.

Bedriegelyken Alchimist onthalst

An engraving shows a public execution on a raised scaffold, where an executioner with a raised sword confronts a condemned figure before a crowd of onlookers. In the foreground, a sprawled body lies among bystanders, while a tower and gabled buildings rise at left and right.

Artist
Jan Luyken
Date
1699
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2311 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1699.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Alquimista engañoso decapitado, grabado de Luyken

Un grabado muestra una ejecución pública sobre un cadalso elevado, donde un verdugo con una espada en alto enfrenta a una figura condenada ante una multitud de espectadores. En primer plano, un cuerpo yace entre los presentes, y una torre y edificios con remates escalonados se elevan a la izquierda y a la derecha.

Português: Alquimista enganador decapitado, gravura de Luyken

Uma gravura mostra uma execução pública em um patíbulo elevado, onde um carrasco com uma espada erguida enfrenta uma figura condenada diante de uma multidão de espectadores. Em primeiro plano, um corpo jaz entre os presentes, e uma torre e edifícios com telhados em degraus se erguem à esquerda e à direita.

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