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ENGLAND, Perillus Phalaris, 1985, a cast bronze medal by D. Renka for the British Art Medal...
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Renka, David (American, 1952-present); b. Athens, GA, emigrated to Italy 1972 ENGLAND, Perillus Phalaris, 1985, a cast bronze medal by D. Renka for the British Art Medal Society, conjoined heads of Perillus and Phalaris, bull standing left in foreground with fire under its belly, rev. 8-line verse from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act I, Scene 7, 73mm, 195.90g (Attwood 30; The Medal 7, p.77; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.123, 47). Extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: J. Watson Collection, DNW Auction 123, 11-12 June 2014, lot 507 (part); bt Simmons, December 2015 Edition of 24. The brazen bull was an alleged torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to legend, Perillus of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of executing criminals. The bull was said to be hollow and made entirely out of bronze with a door in one side, incorporating acoustic apparatus that converted screams into the sound of a bull. The condemned were locked inside the device and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside was roasted to death
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Renka, David (American, 1952-present); b. Athens, GA, emigrated to Italy 1972 ENGLAND, Perillus Phalaris, 1985, a cast bronze medal by D. Renka for the British Art Medal Society, conjoined heads of Perillus and Phalaris, bull standing left in foreground with fire under its belly, rev. 8-line verse from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act I, Scene 7, 73mm, 195.90g (Attwood 30; The Medal 7, p.77; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.123, 47). Extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: J. Watson Collection, DNW Auction 123, 11-12 June 2014, lot 507 (part); bt Simmons, December 2015 Edition of 24. The brazen bull was an alleged torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to legend, Perillus of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of executing criminals. The bull was said to be hollow and made entirely out of bronze with a door in one side, incorporating acoustic apparatus that converted screams into the sound of a bull. The condemned were locked inside the device and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside was roasted to death
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