Torture Device Collection

The Martyrdom Of Saint Catherine Of Alexandria, c1490. Creator: Luca Signorelli
The Martyrdom Of Saint Catherine Of Alexandria, c1490. Three episodes from the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. On the left, a pagan emperor sits enthroned alongside his wisest philosophers

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

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

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

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

Copy of Attilius Regulus, from Roman Heroes. Creator: Unknown
Copy of Attilius Regulus, from Roman Heroes

The scourging, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The scourging, 1625-77

Phalaris Having Perillus Thrown into the Bronze Bull, 17th century

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from Carceri d invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), ca. 1749-50

Regulus Condemned to the Most Horrible Torture, 18th century. Creator: Pierre Chenu
Regulus Condemned to the Most Horrible Torture, 18th century. Artist: Pierre Chenu

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthagi... ca
The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians, ca. 1661-62

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Creator: Unknown
Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Fourth-century Christian martyr, shown with the spiked wheel used to torture her

An Iron Bridle for a Scolds Tongue, c1934. Illustration showing various types of metal bridle or branks, used as punishment for percieved gossiping, nagging or scandal-mongering

Woodcut showing Geuders Iron Maiden in a torture chamber Setting, c1870. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell. [The National Magazine Co. Ltd, London, 1941]

The Iron Maiden of Nuremburg, 1941. The iron maiden is a presumed, though likely fictional, torture device. The most famous iron maiden was that of Nuremberg

Regulus, 1500-1550. Creator: Sebald Beham
Regulus, 1500-1550. Marcus Atilius Regulus is said to have been packed into a wooden box, spiked with sharp nails on all sides

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand.n.d

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