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The brothers Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelius tortured, disembowelled and torn to pieces in the market-place of The Hague in 1672. Etching.
The two brothers are tied to a pole and disembowelled while a thief is trying to disappear with the victims' clothes under his arm, but is detected by a mounted horseman Johan de Witt (1625-1672) was ...
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Johan de Witt: That time the Dutch people ate their prime minister
It is situated right next to the square where both the brothers were killed, and you can even find a commemorative statue of Johan de Witt there, in a more dignified state than during his final ...