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Engraving of a seated official in a canopied hall as armed guards stand beside a kneeling man near a block; Latin verse below.

Count William Permitting Beheading, Plate 7 from Thrones of Justice

An engraved print showing a richly dressed seated man in a canopied chamber, with armed guards and a kneeling figure at lower center beside a block. Columns, a tented drapery, and an arched doorway frame the scene. Two lines of Latin verse appear beneath the image.

Artist
Willem van Swanenburgh
Date
1606
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1303 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1606).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds