Art, literature & history
The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians
ca. 1662
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- sheet: 22 1/2 x 30 3/8 in. (57.1 x 77.1 cm) plate: 18 5/8 x 28 7/16 in. (47.3 x 72.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.921
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Salvator Rosa. The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians. Salvator Rosa; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians — Salvator Rosa. ca. 1662.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: sheet: 22 1/2 x 30 3/8 in. (57.1 x 77.1 cm) plate: 18 5/8 x 28 7/16 in. (47.3 x 72.2 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.