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Object Type
Museum number: 1873,1213.510
Title: Object: Perillus inventor mandante Phalaride primus expertus est
Description: Phalaris ordering Perillus to be roasted inside the bronze bull; to right, the tyrant Phalaris seated on his throne in profile to left and crowned with laurel, pointing at Perillus, who is being pushed into the side of the bronze bull, standing to left facing front, with various other figures behind. Etching
Producer name: After: Polidoro da Caravaggio; Published by: Giovanni Marco Paluzzi
School/style
Production date: 1600-1610
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 283 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark); Width: 254 millimetres (trimmed and damaged)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: After a house façade painted by Polidoro da Caravaggio in the Via dei Coronari, Rome.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Phalaris; Representation of: Perillus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1873,1213.510

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