Anneken Hendriks is burned in Amsterdam 1571. Anneken was a Frisian housewife, Anabaptist since 1552. In October 1571, she was identified in Amsterdam and sentenced to death. The executioner was ordered to fill her mouth with gunpowder, tie her to a ladder, and throw her onto a bed of burning coals. Engraving by Jan Luyken (1649–1712), Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver, for the second edition of El Espejo de los Mártires (The Mirror of the Martyrs), 1685. Collektion: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Public Domain. Source: Rijksmuseum.
Forside 1693 Anneken Hendriks is burned in Amsterdam 1571. Anneken was a Frisian housewife, Anabaptist since 1552. In October 1571, she was identified in Amsterdam and sentenced to death. The executioner was ordered to fill her mouth with gunpowder, tie her to a ladder, and throw her onto a bed of burning coals. Engraving by Jan Luyken (1649–1712), Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver, for the second edition of El Espejo de los Mártires (The Mirror of the Martyrs), 1685. Collektion: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Public Domain.
Anneken Hendriks is burned in Amsterdam 1571. Anneken was a Frisian housewife, Anabaptist since 1552. In October 1571, she was identified in Amsterdam and sentenced to death. The executioner was ordered to fill her mouth with gunpowder, tie her to a ladder, and throw her onto a bed of burning coals. Engraving by Jan Luyken (1649–1712), Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver, for the second edition of El Espejo de los Mártires (The Mirror of the Martyrs), 1685. Collektion: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Public Domain.
