Print Description
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.
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