Rembrandt’s Gallows • 20241208

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View from the Rembrandt bridge in the city of Leyden, Holland. Here Rembrandt van Rijn was born, and had his first studio from 1624, on the quay here on the left (Kort Galgewater), at this corner of the Rijn (Rhine) river called ‘Galgewater’ (Gallows Water) where at that time –  from 1659 to 1795 (1,2) the bodies of those executed were hanging on the gallows placed along the river.

Galgewater

Notes

  1. Rondom het Leidse Galgewater: veranderingen sinds de 17e eeuw (Thesis 2015, TU Delft). Jacquelien Cannoo • Issuu URL https://issuu.com/jackieca/docs/cannoo_geschiedenis_20150319
  2. Leiden in loop der historie (5) : Echtpaar kreeg de strop en ging naar galgenveld • Sam Platteel • Leidsch Dagblad | 23 feb1974 | p 3 • URL https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1974-02-23/edition/0/page/3
@1MEMO 20241208_2 • Leiden in loop der historie (5) : Echtpaar kreeg de strop en ging naar galgenveld • Sam Platteel • Leidsch Dagblad | 23 feb1974 | p 3 • URL https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1974-02-23/edition/0/page/3

Update 20241218 : Added Gallows operation date , image 20241208_2 , and notes 1, 2.

Citation info : Rembrandt’s Gallows • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • @1MEMO 20241208 • TakeNode b8106628-01cc-46a8-98e8-acc305a1aa25

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