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Punishment of a Sodomite in Roman Times
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Historical representation of the punishment of a sodomite according to Roman law. A prisoner with a sack over his head is led out of prison by two lictors. In the foreground a large sack, dog, monkey, snake and rooster, which according to custom were bound together with the prisoner in one sack and drowned. On the right a statue of the river god of the Tiber and the wolf with Romulus and Remus. Marked bottom left: B.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBestraffing van een sodomiet in de Romeinse tijd. 1730 - 1735. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
