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Phalaris and the Bull of Perillus, 1590/1600. Creator: Giovanni Battista Caccini.

Phalaris and the Bull of Perillus, 1590/1600. Creator: Giovanni Battista Caccini.

2-849-650 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Phalaris and the Bull of Perillus, 1590/1600. [The brazen bull was allegedly a torture and execution device designed by Perilaus of Athens who offered it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas in Sicily. The condemned were locked inside the lifesize bronze bull and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside was roasted to death.]. Attributed to Giovanni Caccini.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Giovanni Battista Caccini, attributed to: Italian: Artist, sculptor, architect
Subject
  1. Phalaris: Greek: ruler, Tyrant of Agrigentum
  2. Perillus: Greek, Athenian: Inventor
Medium
  1. Terracotta with traces of polychromy
Picture Type
  1. Object
  2. Painting and sculpture of europe
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3998
File Size : 58,096kb

Aliases

  1. 1968.316
  1. 29431
  1. 1000004576
  1. 1968.316
  1. 2-849-650
  1. 2849650
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