Romeinse terechtstelling, RP-T-1958-183, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, between 1783 and 1839

Identification title(s): roman execution. Object type: drawing object number: rp-t-1958-183. Description: spectators see a naked man being thrown into a hole. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: mattheus ignatius van bree. Dating: 1783 - 1839. Physical characteristics: pen in brown and brush in brown and gray, white body paint, on blue paper. Material: paper opaque paint ink. Technique: pen / brush. Dimensions: h 225 mm × w 294 mm. Subject: what: death penalty, executionviolent death ~ being thrown (from a height), being thrown into a pit despair (of person under sentence of death). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1958. Date: between 1783 and 1839.