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A coat of arms depicting an altar, a coffin and skull and crossbones, is flanked by two figures of death; above, a skull crowned with an hourglass. Woodcut by C. van Sichem.

Michael Servetus. Stipple engraving by Holl, 1820, after C. van Sichem, 1607.

Isaac fooled into blessing Jacob with Rebekah present, while Esau hunts venison. Woodcut attributed to C. van Sichem the elder.

Michael Servetus. Line engraving, 1696, after C. van Sichem, 1607.

Two hooded figures and a king grieve over a dead person while a masked woman enters the room with a bowl and a stick. Woodcut attributed to C. van Sichem the elder.

François Ravaillac. Etching by C. van Sichem, 1610.

't Schat der zielen : das is: het geheele leven ons Heeren Jesu Christi naer de vyer Evangelisten. Met figuren.

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Christoffel van Sichem (I)

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A coat of arms depicting an altar, a coffin and skull and crossbones, is flanked by two figures of death; above, a skull crowned with an hourglass. Woodcut by C. van Sichem.

François Ravaillac. Etching by C. van Sichem, 1610.

Isaac fooled into blessing Jacob with Rebekah present, while Esau hunts venison. Woodcut attributed to C. van Sichem the elder.

't Schat der zielen : das is: het geheele leven ons Heeren Jesu Christi naer de vyer Evangelisten. Met figuren.

Michael Servetus. Line engraving, 1696, after C. van Sichem, 1607.