The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers | Jan de Baen | 1675 20th Century The scene depicts a spectral

The scene depicts a spectral knight in shining armor carrying a terrified woman on a galloping black horse through a dark

Quidor heightens the sense of terror and motion through swirling foliage

transience

leading to moral decay

presumably the treasure-seeker

The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers | Jan de Baen | 1675 20th Century The scene depicts a spectral"The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers" is a painting by Jan de Baen, a Dutch Baroque artist who was active in the late 17th century. The painting depicts the bodies of Johan and Cornelius de Witt, two prominent Dutch statesmen who were murdered in 1672 by a mob during the height of political turmoil in the Netherlands. The painting shows the two brothers lying on the ground, surrounded by a crowd of horrified onlookers. The bodies are depicted in a