The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers | Jan de Baen | 1675 20th Century Reflections shimmer across rain-soaked cobblestones

Reflections shimmer across rain-soaked cobblestones as distant figures drift through the haze

Quidor heightens the sense of terror and motion through swirling foliage

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The scene depicts a spectral knight in shining armor carrying a terrified woman on a galloping black horse through a dark

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The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers | Jan de Baen | 1675 20th Century Reflections shimmer across rain-soaked cobblestones"The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers" is a painting by Jan de Baen, a Dutch Baroque artist who was active in the late 17th century. The painting depicts the bodies of Johan and Cornelius de Witt, two prominent Dutch statesmen who were murdered in 1672 by a mob during the height of political turmoil in the Netherlands. The painting shows the two brothers lying on the ground, surrounded by a crowd of horrified onlookers. The bodies are depicted in a