Torturer Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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]

The Flaying of Marsyas, mid-17th century. Creator: Giovanni Pietro Possenti
The Flaying of Marsyas, mid-17th century

The Martyrs of Gorchum, 1630-87. Creator: Francois Collignon
The Martyrs of Gorchum, 1630-87

The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, 1480 / 1490. Creator: Unknown
The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, 1480/1490

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

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 Martyrdom of Saint John, from The Apocalypse, Latin Edition 1511, ca. 1496

The Martyrdom of St Lawrence, ca. 1640-70. Creator: Attributed to Cornelis Meyssens
The Martyrdom of St Lawrence, ca. 1640-70

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, 1571. Creator: Cornelis Cort
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, 1571

Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, from a Laudario, ca. 1340

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D, ca. 1470-73. Creator: Sano di Pietro
Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D, ca. 1470-73

Saint Reparata Being Prepared for Execution. Creator: Bernardo Daddi
Saint Reparata Being Prepared for Execution

Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons. Creator: Bernardo Daddi
Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons

The Flagellation of Christ, 1482-1485, (1930). Creator: Luca Signorelli
The Flagellation of Christ, 1482-1485, (1930). Christ, tied to a column, is whipped by his persecutors. Painting in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

Be none of you outrageous, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Be none of you outrageous: ere your time dare seize me, come forth from amongst you one, who having heard my words, decide he then if he shall tear these limbs, c1890

Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pier da Medicina who must hold open his windpipe to speak

In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; Thou art caught, c1890. Creator
In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; " Thou art caught", c1890. The demon Alichino chases the escaping sinner Bonturo Dati

This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Naked sinners are punished by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). Creator: Unknown
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). St John was boiled in oil for refusing to worship pagan gods under the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian at the Latin Gate (Rome)

Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is stripped and an iron chain pulled against his chest until it breaks through the flesh to his bones; One of four scenes of Inquisition

Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is tied to a contrivance which winds a rope more and more tightly until his ribs are crushed; One of four scenes of Inquisition torture

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475, (1911). Artist: Antonio del Pollaiuolo
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475. Painting held in The National Gallery, London. From A History of Painting Vol. 1 by Haldane MacFall [T.C. and E.C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911.]

St Erasmus, c1400 (1964). Also known as St Elmo, Erasmus of Formiae is a Christian saint and martyr. Born in what is today Croatia in the 3rd century, he was martyred in c303

The question extraordinaire, extreme form of torture, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

The hot iron torture, 1898. Artist: FA Brockhaus
The hot iron torture, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume II

Torture, 1541 (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Torture, 1541 (1849). The Estrapade. A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration in Praxis Criminis Persequendi

The Flagellation of Christ, before 1457. Artist: Johann Koerbecke
The Flagellation of Christ, before 1457. Koerbecke, Johann (ca. 1415-1491). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Flaying of Sisamnes, (detail), 1498. Artist: Gerard David
The Flaying of Sisamnes, (detail), 1498. Found in the collection of the Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Flagellation of St Gervais, c1620-1670. Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
The Flagellation of St Gervais, c1620-1670

Martyrdom at Ouai (Petchili), China, Boxer Rebellion, 11 August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

The martyrdom of St Denis, 1317. On the orders of Sisinnius, St Denis is martyred on a brazier, watched by St Eleutherius and St Rusticus

St Denis is thrown into the furnace, 1317. St Eleutherius and St Rusticus, in chains, look on as their companion is tortured on the orders of Sisinnius

Martyrdom of St Bartholomew, 1644. Artist: Jusepe de Ribera
Martyrdom of St Bartholomew, 1644

The Chinchillas, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Chinchillas, 1799. Plate 50 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Torturing a prisoner on the rack, Middle Ages. A 19th-century representation of a medieval torture device in use, from World of Wonders, published by Cassell and Co, (London, 1894)

Christ Crowned with Thorns, ca. 1470-80. Creator: Master of Jesus in Bethany
Christ Crowned with Thorns, ca. 1470-80

Letter T. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter T

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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