Copyright: Biblioteca Reale di Torino

ID: 122
Ressource_Provider: Enrico Sturani
Title: Decapitation
Date: ca 1850?
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Repository: Biblioteca Reale di Torino
Color: Color
Topic: Decapitation 斬刑
Description: A man crucified in a standing position is decapitated with a sword blow, witnessed by a riding mandarin and a guard. This unrealistic rendering is obviously inspired from Christian crucifixion images. A stamp of the Biblioteca Reale di Torino appears on the upper left corner.
Keyword: Execution, decapitation, watercolor, crucifixion, executioner

Related Replication (1)

1  Ressource_Provider: Unknown
    Title: Crucifixion-like decapitation
    Information: Highly irrealistic representations of decapitation made after a model that might well have served also to picture crucifixion-like decapitations and lingchi.

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