Antique Print-TORTURE-PUNISHMENT-PERSIAN-BEATING-BURY ALIVE-Philips -Tirion-1732

This print shows a view on punishments of the Persians, showing variations of torture.

Made by Jan Caspar Philips after Tirion.

Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22 x 20 cm (8.66 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 16.2 cm. (7.56 x 6.38 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. Slightly brownish on reverse. Folds in one corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TORTURE-PUNISHMENT-PERSIAN-BEATING-BURY ALIVE | RBOS-A11-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in Hedendaagse historie of tegenwoordige staat (…), Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam,1732. Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Dutch Republic.

Biography engraver: Jan Caspar Philips (1690–1775), was a German engraver who settled in Amsterdam.