These pen-and-ink drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of art (here and here), though not on display. They depict the corpse of Elsje Christiaens hanging from a gibbet on the waterfront of Amsterdam.
After her confession she was sentenced to death by strangling at a garrote while being hit on the head by the murder weapon. She was executed at the central Dam square. Her body was displayed “to be digested by the air and the birds” at the gallow field outside the city. It hung on a gibbet, together with the axe, to deter others. There she was drawn by the then 57-year old Rembrandt.Via Robs Webstek - a very interesting blog.
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