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Book chest of Hugo de Groot
anoniemca. 1600 - ca. 1615
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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.
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- Title: Book chest of Hugo de Groot
- Creator: anoniem
- Date Created: ca. 1600 - ca. 1615
- Physical Dimensions: hout
- Subject Keywords: politieke geschiedenis, Slot Loevestein, Gorinchem, Groot, Hugo de
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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