The Voluntary Sacrifice of Reverend Hambroeck on Taiwan, 1662, by Jan Willem Pieneman, 1810
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The Voluntary Sacrifice of Reverend Hambroeck on Taiwan, 1662

Also titled De zelfopoffering van predikant Hambroeck op Formosa, 1662

Jan Willem Pieneman (Abcoude, 1779–1853)

1810

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 6 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De zelfopoffering van predikant Hambroeck op Formosa (Taiwan), 24 mei 1661, Links de Nederlanders verschanst in het fort Zeelandia, waaronder zijn twee dochters, door Hambroeck aangespoord tot volharding. Rechts enkele van de Chinese begeleiders.