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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.

Deceptive Alchemist Beheaded, Luyken engraving

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

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