Skip to main content

Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus, by Cornelis Cort

Image attached to P.6372-R

An image of Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus. Tityus punished in hell. Cort, Cornelis, printmaker (Netherlandish, 1533-1578). After Vecellio, Tiziano (Italian, 1489/90-1576). Engraving, 1566. State I/III. Notes: After the painting for Mary of Hungary, executed 1548-49, now in the Prado, Madrid. One of four paintings (two no longer extant), apparently forming a set of sinners tortured in Hades. The print has been historically described as 'Prometheus'.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus. Tityus punished in hell. Cort, Cornelis, printmaker (Netherlandish, 1533-1578). After Vecellio, Tiziano (Italian, 1489/90-1576). Engraving, 1566. State I/III. Notes: After the painting for Mary of Hungary, executed 1548-49, now in the Prado, Madrid. One of four paintings (two no longer extant), apparently forming a set of sinners tortured in Hades. The print has been historically described as 'Prometheus'.

Image data

  • Accession Number: P.6372-R
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 844 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.19MB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

Colours in this image

rgb(207,198,169), rgb(96,88,74), rgb(67,63,53), rgb(119,111,92), rgb(142,132,106), rgb(159,152,125), rgb(148,137,117), rgb(173,161,130), rgb(175,163,140), rgb(84,92,75), rgb(104,100,68)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus, by Cornelis Cort" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-195913 Accessed: 2024-12-04 18:47:32

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-195913 |title=Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus, by Cornelis Cort |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-04 18:47:32|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-195913

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp73/p_6372_r_201601_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Prometheus chained to the rocks of Caucasus, by Cornelis Cort</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...