De foltering van Prometheus, RP-P-1931-295, Johannes Josephus Aarts, between 1881 and 1931

Identification title(s): the torture of prometheus. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1931-295. Description: prometheus is chained naked to a rock. An eagle comes to peck at his liver. In the left foreground a burning torch, the fire that prometheus stole from the gods. In the sky mercury, who chained prometheus to the rock. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johannes josephus aarts (signed by hand). Dating: 1881 - 1931. Physical characteristics: lithography. Material: paper technique: lithography (technique). Dimensions: image: h 342 mm × w 267 mm. Subject: what: punishment of prometheus; he is chained to a rock, usually by vulcan and/or mercury. Acquisition: purchase 1931. Date: between 1881 and 1931.