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Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Orders the Beheading of his Son
Also titled Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus laat zijn zoon onthoofden
Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
1661 - 1663
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 218 cm x width 242 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed
About this work
This picture was painted for the headquarters of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. It represents a story from Roman times in which a consul ondemns his son to be beheaded for ignoring a command. The Admiralty intended this image to proclaim that insubordination would be severely punished. It also reminded officers that they must always remain impartial.
