Jan Woutersz van Cuyck
Dutch painter executed in Dordrecht as a Mennonite martyr (1540-1572) · Artists · Died at 32
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Something wrong?Jan Woutersz van Cuyck was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Dordrecht. He became famous as a Mennonite martyr of the Protestant Reformation who was executed in 1572. His heart-rending letters from prison were published in the Martyrs Mirror.
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Jan Woutersz van Cuyck baring his chest to show the marks of his torture and proclaiming he speaks no evil, just before he was bound to the stake. On the right Adriaentgen Jans van Molenaarsgraaf is being strangled at the stake (strangulation before being burned was considered a more lenient punishment, and this was done to her because she was a woman). Engraving by Jan Luyken from the 1685 Martyrs Mirror.
Judgment of Solomon from City Hall, Dordrecht.Artists born in the 1540s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1540 to 1572 · aged 32
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