Perillus Phalaris

Perillus Phalaris

Perillus Phalaris

By: David Renka, 1985
Medium: cast bronze
Size: 75.5mm
Issue: The Medal, no. 7 (1985)
Edition: 24

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Renka was born in Athens, Georgia (USA), spent four years at the School of Medallic Art in Rome, and now works in Italy. The tyrant Phalaris ordered that Perillus the sculptor should be roasted in the hollow brass bull he himself had created as an instrument of torture.

Artist contact details
Web: http://www.davidrenka.com