Tandem tandem iustitia obtinet Images, Law, and the Criminal Body during the Revolt of the Netherlands

Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s great painting of The Triumph of Death of around 1562-1563 and to a lesser extent that of The Road to Calvary of 1564 show an unparalleled multiplicity and variety of scenes of death and capital punishment. Arrayed along the horizon or off in the distance are the many scaffolds, crosses, and elevated wheels on which the bodies of the condemned have been left to be picked on by vultures. These are works of art that are usually taken to allude to the terrible punishments meted out against the pre- dominantly Protestant heretics and rebels for infringing one or the othe... Mehr ...