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The Breaking Wheel, 1548

The breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment from antiquity into early modern times for public execution by breaking the criminal's bones/bludgeoning him to death. As a form of execution, it was used from classical times into the 18th century, as a form of post mortem punishment of the criminal, the wheel was still in use in 19th century Germany. The wheel was typically a large wooden wagon wheel with many radial spokes. The condemned were lashed to the wheel and their limbs were beaten with a club or iron cudgel, with the gaps in the wheel allowing the limbs to give way and break. Alternatively, the condemned were spreadeagled and broken on a saltire, a cross consisting of two wooden beams nailed in an X shape, after which the victim's mangled body might be displayed on the wheel.

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Titre: The Breaking Wheel, 1548

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The breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment from antiquity into early modern times for public execution by breaking the criminal's bones/bludgeoning him to death. As a form of execution, it was used from classical times into the 18th century, as a form of post mortem punishment of the criminal, the wheel was still in use in 19th century Germany. The wheel was typically a large wooden wagon wheel with many radial spokes. The condemned were lashed to the wheel and their limbs were beaten with a club or iron cudgel, with the gaps in the wheel allowing the limbs to give way and break. Alternatively, the condemned were spreadeagled and broken on a saltire, a cross consisting of two wooden beams nailed in an X shape, after which the victim's mangled body might be displayed on the wheel.

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Taille de l'image: 3750 × 3695 px | 39.6 MB

Taille d'impression: 31.8 × 31.3 cm | 1476.4 × 1454.7 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: 16E SIECLE • 16EME S • BOIS, GRAVURE SUR • BOURREAU • CRUAUTE • EXECUTION CAPITALE • EXECUTION • GRAVURE SUR BOIS • GRAVURE TAILLE DOUCE • HOMME • MÉTHODE • MORT EXECUTION • PERSECUTION • POURSUITE • SEIZIÈME SIÈCLE • TAILLE-DOUCE • TECHNIQUE: GRAVURE SUR BOI • VICTIME • XVIE SIECLE • XYLOGRAPHIE