Phalaris seated on a throne at left and pointing at Perillus, who is pushed into a bronze bull to be roasted inside, after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi
Artist bio: Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina|Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1634
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (25 × 23.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951