Prometheus Bound (Rubens)

Prometheus Bound is an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish Baroque artist from Antwerp. In this painting, the Titan Prometheus is tied to the Caucasus Mountains as Zeus punished him for stealing fire. The enormous eagle's beak rips Prometheus's body, pulling out his entrails. The eagle's talons gouge into Prometheus's right eye, while his left eye is staring at the eagle, meaning that he is aware of his torture. Agony is conveyed in his clenched fists, writhing legs, as well as tousled hair. The liver was chosen as the source of suffering because Greeks regarded the liver as intelligence, soul, and the seat of life.

It was completed between circa 1611 and 1612.