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Two scenes:
Men stripped and manhandled, a soldier jumping on the stomach of one victim.
Aallows at left, 2 village churches at right, corpses in foreground centre.
The French Reign of Terror In the Dutch Villages of Bodegraven and Zwammerdam
After a plate from Abraham de Wicquefort, Advis fidelle aux veritables Hollandois touchant ce qui s'est passé dans les villes de Bodegrave & Swammerdam, & les cruautés inouies que les François y ont exercées (The Hague 1673).
By Anonymous after Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645/46–1708).
These subjects are among the Hooghe's most admired works:
Reference (for De Hooghe's work)
Landwehr 1970 / Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator (31-34)
Muller 1863-1882 / De Nederlandsche Geschiedenis in Platen. Beredeneerde Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Historieplaten (2438)
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