Torture Collection

Mahakala with Two Chained Men (recto), 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Mahakala with Two Chained Men (recto), (image 1 of 2), 19th century

Passion of Christ, c1440-1460. Creator: Unknown
Passion of Christ, c1440-1460. The story threads its way from the upper left rear to the lower right front: Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Torture scene, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Torture scene, c17th century

Punished by order of the King; A journey through Soudan and Western Abyssinia... 1875. Creator: Unknown
Punished by order of the King; A journey through Soudan and Western Abyssinia, with Reminiscences of Captivity, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Mr. F. W. Bowlby, the "Times'" correspondent in China - from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, 1860
Mr. F. [sic] W. Bowlby, the "Times'" correspondent in China - from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, 1860. The body of that gentleman was rendered up by the Chinese authorities

Halloween, San Diego, California, USA, 2022. Creator: Ethel Davies
Halloween, San Diego, California, USA, 2022. Illuminated skeleton, celebrating Halloween, San Diego, California, USA

Night, 1918. Artist: Max Beckmann
Night, 1918. From the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany

Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan, 1623. Creator: Dirck van Baburen
Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan, 1623. Other Title(s): Prometheus Chained by Vulcan

Plate XV from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate XV from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780. Alternate Title: Leben und Thaten des weissen Junkers Don Quixote von La Mancha

Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, Germany, 1860
Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, in Germany, 1860. Mr. Pearsall was lucky enough to hear in casual conversation that a specimen of this

Torii Tsuneemon Crucified, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Torii Tsuneemon Crucified, 1868. From One Hundred Warriors in Battle Selected by Yoshitoshi

Apollo Flaying Marsyas, 1651-1706. Creator: Girolamo Troppa
Apollo Flaying Marsyas, 1651-1706

Constitutio criminalis Theresiana (Maria Theresia Gerichtssatzung), 1769. Creator: Anonymous
Constitutio criminalis Theresiana (Maria Theresia Gerichtssatzung), 1769. Private Collection

A Naples: Délégués de la commission... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
A Naples: Delegues de la commission... 19th century. Naples: delegates of the clubbing commission in the exercise of their delicate duties

A Tormentor With Tongs. Creator: Zuccaro, Taddeo, follower of
A Tormentor With Tongs

Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby], 1916. Creator: Unknown
Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby], 1916

Fantasy of an Antique Prison, 1770/1780. Creator: Karl Schutz
Fantasy of an Antique Prison, 1770/1780

The Brazen Bull of Phalarus. Creator: Pierre Woeiriot
The Brazen Bull of Phalarus

The Death of Atilius Regulus, c. 1662. Creator: Salvator Rosa
The Death of Atilius Regulus, c. 1662

The Flaying of Marsyas, 1526/1530. Creator: Parmigianino
The Flaying of Marsyas, 1526/1530

Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life, between 1700 and 1750. Creator: Cretan School
Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life, between 1700 and 1750

Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life, between 1700 and 1750. Creator: Cretan School
Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life, between 1700 and 1750

Attilius Regulus, 1535. Creator: Georg Pencz
Attilius Regulus, 1535

Tête de supplicié, c.1810. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Tete de supplicie, c.1810

Maquette du décor de la chapelle des Morts (dite chapelle des Ames) église Notre-Dame... c.1836
Maquette du decor de la chapelle des Morts (dite chapelle des Ames) eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Dieu le pere, le Christ et la Vierge. Anges du Jugement dernier. Anges musiciens

Saint Agatha tied to a tree, her breasts have been cut off, from the series Picc... ca. 1500-1540. Creator: Anon
Saint Agatha tied to a tree, her breasts have been cut off, from the series Piccoli Santi (Small Saints), ca. 1500-1540

Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, at the Latin Gate, between 1637 and 1647. Creator: Charles le Brun
Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, at the Latin Gate, between 1637 and 1647

Saint Mark Saving a Slave from Torture, from Opera Selectiora, 1745. Creator: John Baptist Jackson
Saint Mark Saving a Slave from Torture, from Opera Selectiora, 1745

The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), from... 1929. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), from Schatzbehalter (Treasury), 1491, portfolio assembled 1929

The Martyrdom of Saint Simon of Trent from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World... 1929. Creator: Michael Wolgemut)
The Martyrdom of Saint Simon of Trent from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 23 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1493, portfolio assembled 1929

Christ Crowned with Thorns, page 72 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter), 1491. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
Christ Crowned with Thorns, page 72 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter), 1491

The Scourging of Christ (verso); The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), pages 70... 1491. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
The Scourging of Christ (verso); The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), pages 70 and 69, from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter), 1491

Christ Nailed to the Cross, page 85 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter), 1491. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
Christ Nailed to the Cross, page 85 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter), 1491

The Wheel, plate fourteen from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
The Wheel, plate fourteen from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

The Strappado, plate ten from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
The Strappado, plate ten from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, ca. 1505. Creator: Hans Baldung
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, ca. 1505

Neros Torches - Burning of Christians at Rome, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Neros Torches - Burning of Christians at Rome, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier

Scene of a torment of a woman with various torture devices, etching, 1880

Dungeons of the Inquisition, scene of confession by torture of fire in the feet, engraving, 1880

Dante and Virgil in Hell, 1850. Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Dante and Virgil in Hell, 1850. Scene from Italian poet Dante Alighieris Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy. Dante (1265-1321) was a great admirer of the Roman poet Virgil, and in his Divine Comedy

Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Dante, guided by Virgil, in the third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty of simony suffering burning

Muraoka of the Konoe Clan Bound with Rope, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Muraoka of the Konoe Clan Bound with Rope, 1887. Series: Lives of Modern People

Shiranui Kneeling Beside a Crucified Man, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shiranui Kneeling Beside a Crucified Man, 1867. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty. Detail from a larger artwork

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Disemboweled by Trajans Torturers, 1525 / 27
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Disemboweled by Trajans Torturers, 1525/27

Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha, 1440 / 45. Creator: Master of Riglos
Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha, 1440/45. [St Agatha suffered the excision of her breasts with pincers, among other forms of torture]

Phalaris and the Bull of Perillus, 1590 / 1600. Creator: Giovanni Battista Caccini
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 Flaying of Marsyas, mid-17th century. Creator: Giovanni Pietro Possenti
The Flaying of Marsyas, mid-17th century

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