The Mocking of the Prisoners — Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano | DiscoverArt

Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano

The Mocking of the Prisoners

ca. 1540

Engraving; first state of three

43 × 56.5 cm (16.9 × 22.2 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano

Hercules Resting from His Labors

Hercules Resting from His Labors

Silenus sleeping at right, taunted by a Satyr, and a Goat climbing on a table at left

Silenus sleeping at right, taunted by a Satyr, and a Goat cl

Allegory of Birth

Allegory of Birth

The Three Fates Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos

The Three Fates Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos

Tarquin attacking Lucretia, a servant at left witnessing the scene

Tarquin attacking Lucretia, a servant at left witnessing the

Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche

An allegory of sickness, man laying prostrate on a bed surrounded by figures

An allegory of sickness, man laying prostrate on a bed surro

Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius

Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius

More like this

The Mocking of the Prisoners

Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano|Nicolaus van Aelst — The Mocking

The Mocking of the Prisoners

Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano|Nicolaus van Aelst|Giovanni Giac

Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Annibale Carracci|Anonymous — Saint Roch at right distributi

Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Annibale Carracci|François Langlois|Anonymous|Francesco Briz

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Francesco Brizio|Guido Reni|Pietro Stefanoni|Annibale Carrac

The birth of Saint John the Baptist set within a classical building

Antonio Salamanca|Giulio Bonasone — The birth of Saint John

The Sacrifice

Antonio Fantuzzi|Rosso Fiorentino — The Sacrifice

The birth of Saint John the Baptist

Antonio Lafreri|Giulio Bonasone — The birth of Saint John th

Massacre of the Innocents

Baccio Bandinelli|Marco Dente — Massacre of the Innocents

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Battista della Rovere — The Massacre of the Innocen

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli

Marcantonio Raimondi|Baccio Bandinelli — The Martyrdom of Sa

The Massacre of the Innocents

Ugo da Carpi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Marcantonio