Romeinse terechtstelling, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1783 - 1839

Title(s)

Romeinse terechtstelling

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1958-183

Description

Toeschouwers zien hoe een naakte man in een gat geworpen wordt.

Artist

• draughtsman: Mattheus Ignatius van Bree

Dating

1783 - 1839

Material

• paper
• deck paint
• ink

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 225 mm × width 294 mm

What

• death penalty, execution
• violent death ~ being thrown (from a height), being thrown into a pit
• despair (of person under sentence of death)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1958

Copyright

Public domain