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A thief

In old travel books, eyewitnesses’ reports of atrocious punishments inflicted by natives (such as the man buried alive under his mother’s eyes as seen here) strongly appealed to the imagination and, consequently, they were a rewarding subject for prints.

Creator
Date of creation
1698
Object type
prints (visual works)
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Collection
Jan and Casper Luyken, book illustrators
Institution
Source
  • A47195 (prent, papier), Boekillustratoren Jan en Casper Luyken, Amsterdam Museum
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