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PIERRE WOEIRIOT (1532-1596). FRENCH ENGRAVER.. Brazen bull or bull of Falaris. 6th century BC. Torture and execution device by fire used by the Ancient Greek tyrant Falaris of Akragas (Agrigento). Victims who were to be burned alive were enclosed in a bronze bull and their screams reproduced the groans of a bull. Perillos of Athens, designer of the artefact, being introduced into it. 16th-century engraving by Pierre Woeiriot (French school). Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

PIERRE WOEIRIOT (1532-1596). FRENCH ENGRAVER.. Brazen bull or bull of Falaris. 6th century BC. Torture and execution device by fire used by the Ancient Greek tyrant Falaris of Akragas (Agrigento). Victims who were to be burned alive were enclosed in a bronze bull and their screams reproduced the groans of a bull. Perillos of Athens, designer of the artefact, being introduced into it. 16th-century engraving by Pierre Woeiriot (French school). Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.
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Brazen bull or bull of Falaris. 6th century BC. Torture and execution device by fire used by the Ancient Greek tyrant Falaris of Akragas (Agrigento). Victims who were to be burned alive were enclosed in a bronze bull and their screams reproduced the groans of a bull. Perillos of Athens, designer of the artefact, being introduced into it. 16th-century engraving by Pierre Woeiriot (French school). Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.
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28.0 x 36.9 cm | 11.0 x 14.5 in (300 dpi)
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