This is an overview of the works of Rodolphe Bresdin and Jan Luyken, admired by Des Esseintes in Huysmans's Against Nature.

1. Rodolphe Bresdin
and Jan Luyken

2. Rodolphe Bresdin
1822-1885

3. The Comedy of Death, 1854

4. The Mother and Time, 1857

5. The Good Samaritan, 1861

6. Jan Luyken
1649-1712
Illustrations for The Theatre of
Martyrs from the Death of Christ
until the Present (1685)

7. Christ Being Nailed to the Cross

8. The Beheading of John the Baptist

9. The Crucifixion of St. Peter

10. Evangelist Matthew Beheaded

11. Apostle James Beheaded

12. Apostle Bartholomew Skinned Alive and
Beheaded

13. The Stoning of St. Stephen

14. Martyrs Thrown to Wild Animals

15. Felicitas and her Seven Sons Killed

16. Persecution of Christians, 301 A.D.

17. Execution in Strassburg, 1215

18. Burning in Amsterdam, 1517

19. Execution of 350 in Alzey, 1529

20. Preparation for Execution, 1544

21. Burning in Amsterdam, 1549

22. Ghent, 1554

23. Torture of Teacher Ursula in Maastricht,
1570

24. Harlaam, 1572

25. The Torture of Breda, 1572

26. The Inquisition

27. After the Execution (The Inquisition)