# Book chest of Hugo de Groot

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1600 - c. 1615
- Medium: iron (metal), leather, spruce (wood), wood (plant material), runderleer
- Classification: suitcase
- Dimensions: height 73 cm x width 160 cm x depth 75 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-KOG-1208--d6123584ae5db435c9c07137f8345afc)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/kdHuD/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In his fall from grace, Oldenbarnevelt also took down a few friends. The most famous of them was the celebrated jurist Hugo de Groot. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but managed to escape by hiding in a chest used to bring him books. The chest on display here was long thought to be the one from this famous story.